Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. To speak with a particular articulation of the tongue and teeth, nearly as in pronouncing th. Lisping is particularly noticed in uttering th for s, as yeth for yes. It is most common in children.
2. I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came.
1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.
3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
1. To pronounce with a lisp.
2. To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
One that lisps.
One who lisps.
Stammering Roget’s Thesaurus §583
N. inarticulateness, stammering, hesitation, impediment in one's speech, titubancy, traulism|, whisper, lisp, drawl, tardiloquence, nasal tone, nasal accent, twang, falsetto, broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences, brogue, slip of the tongue, lapsus linouae
V. stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer, balbutiate|, balbucinate|, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together, mumble, mutter, maud|, mauder, whisper, mince, lisp, jabber, gibber, sputter, splutter, muffle, mump, drawl, mouth, croak, speak thick, speak through the nose, snuffle, clip one's words, murder the language, murder the king's english, murder the queen's english, mispronounce, missay
Adv. sotto voce
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