rhotacism

  1. Noun.  An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R.
  2. Noun.  (countable, linguistics) : A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R, such as Latin ''flo'''s''''' becoming ''flo'''r'''em'' in the accusative case.
  3. Noun.  Inability to pronounce the letter R; derhotacization.

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