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Definition lisp

Etymology

From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in ?wlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adj), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish lęspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).

Noun

lisp (plural lisps)

  1. The habit or an act of lisping.

Verb

lisp (third-person singular simple present lisps, present participle lisping, simple past and past participle lisped)

  1. To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/?/, /š/). This is a speech impediment common among children.
  2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
  3. (archaic) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
  4. (archaic) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
  5. (archaic) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.

Results 358 Words with the letters LISP

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7 letter words with the letters LISP 
6 letter words with the letters LISP 
BLIMPS 16
DISPEL 11
ESPIAL 10
IMPELS 13
LAPINS 11
LIMPAS 13
LIMPSY 15
LIPASE 10
LIPIDS 11
LIPINS 11
LISPED 11
LISPER 10
LUPINS 12
MILPAS 13
OXLIPS 17
PALAIS 10
PALISH 12
PASTIL 10
PELVIS 14
PENSIL 11
PERILS 10
PHIALS 12
PIBALS 13
PICULS 14
PILAFS 13
PILAUS 11
PILAWS 13
PILEUS 11
PILOSE 10
PILOTS 10
PILOUS 11
PIPALS 13
PISTIL 10
PISTOL 10
PIXELS 17
PLAIDS 11
PLAINS 11
PLAITS 10
PLIERS 10
PLINKS 15
PLISKY 16
PLISSE 10
POILUS 11
POLEIS 10
POLIOS 10
POLISH 12
PRILLS 11
PUPILS 14
SALPID 11
SIMPLE 13
SIMPLY 15
SLIPED 11
SLIPES 10
SLIPPY 15
SLIPUP 14
SPAILS 10
SPEILS 10
SPIELS 10
SPILED 11
SPILES 10
SPILLS 11
SPILTH 12
SPINAL 11
SPINEL 11
SPIRAL 10
SPITAL 10
SPLICE 13
SPLIFF 16
SPLINE 11
SPLINT 11
SPLITS 10
SPOILS 10
SPOILT 10
STIPEL 10
SWIPLE 13
TULIPS 11
5 letter words with the letters LISP 
BLIPS 12
CLIPS 12
FLIPS 12
LIMPS 12
PILLS 10
PILUS 10
PULIS 10
SPILL 10
4 letter words with the letters LISP 
LIPS 8
LISP 8
SLIP 8
3 letter words with the letters LISP 
LIP 7
LIS 4
PIS 6
PSI 6
SIP 6
2 letter words with the letters LISP 
IS 2
LI 3
PI 5
SI 2

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