vocule

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vocula, diminutive of vox, vocis (“voice”).

Noun

vocule (plural vocules)

1. (phonetics) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as when separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.
   • 1827, James Rush, The Philosophy of the Human Voice:

     The emphatic vocule denotes great energy of sentiment

Related terms

• vocal
• vocular
• voice

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vocule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)