balbutiate

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balbutiate

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Latin balbutire, from balbus (“stammering”): compare French balbutier.

verb balbutiates · balbutiating · balbutiated · balbucinate

  1. intransitive, obsolete To stammer. five times in foure and twenty houres praying (or rather balbutiating) orderly

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@misc{balbutiate_2026,
  title = {balbutiate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/balbutiate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}