Category:Rhotacism

Rho"ta*cism, n. Etym: [gr. "rwtaki`zein to use the letter r (r) Overmuch: cf. F. rhotacisme.]

Defn: an oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the indo-european languages, to Change s to r, as wese to were.