lallation

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lallation

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

noun lallations

countable, uncountable The incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l" (or "w"). She spoke Aramaic with a lazy lallation, affected by many because it was the natural speech of a class.
countable, uncountable Baby-talk or gibberish. 1648, Robert Baron, Erotopaignion, Or the Cyprian Academy, London: J. Hardesty et al., “To the Ladies and Gentlewoemen of England,” When you talke with your children you expect from them no congruence or quaint language, yet you are often pleased to heare them prattle, & are delighted with their lis

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@misc{lallation_2026,
  title = {lallation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lallation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}