throatiness noun2 •The property of being throaty; roughness, coarseness.Amazement took the throatiness out of his voice. — 1930 •The property of having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck.We have before noticed, that a pendulous skin under the throat, what we term throatiness, is much esteemed, because it is supposed to denote a tendency both to wool and to a heavy fleece. — 1803
