uvular, a. (n.)
(ˈjuːvjʊlə(r))
[ad. mod.L. ūvulār-is (whence also F. uvulaire), f. med.L. ūvula uvula.]
1. Used in disorders of the uvula. rare—1.
| 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. (1719) 480 Uvular Powder..Let the Powder be blown upon the Uvula with a Pipe or Uvula Spoon. |
2. Pertaining or belonging to the uvula.
| 1843 Wilkinson Swedenborg's Anim. Kingd. I. ii. 67 The palatine and uvular glands. 1848 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 7) 878 Uvular glands, are small follicles, belonging to the mucous membrane covering the uvula. 1891 Cent. Dict. s.v., Uvular muscle. |
3. Produced by vibration of the uvula.
| 1873 Murray Dialect So. Counties 241 The uvular trill in French Paris. 1884 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2155 The Semitic alphabet is..characterized by fulness of guttural, uvular, and spirant consonants. 1889 Ellis E.E. Pronunc. v. 642 The German uvular r. |
b. As n. A uvular consonant.
| 1884 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2155 In the several [Semitic] dialects, the movement has been towards a diminution of the number of gutturals and uvulars. |
Hence ˈuvularly adv., with a thick obstructed utterance, as when the uvula is unduly long.
| 1860 Dickens Uncomm. Trav. iii, Number Two laughed (very uvularly), and the skirmishers followed suit. |