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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)
- The habit or an act of lisping.
Verb
lisp (third-person singular simple present lisps, present participle lisping, simple past and past participle lisped)
- To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/?/, /š/). This is a speech impediment common among children.
- To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
- (archaic) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
- (archaic) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
- (archaic) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.
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