lisp
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lisp¹
- /lɪsp/
- /lɪθp/
- /lɪl͡sp/
Rhymes with -ɪsp
Where it comes from
From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), 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 læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).
noun lisps · lipsey · lithp
- The act or a habit of lisping. He used to have a terrible lisp before going to a speech therapist.
verb lisps · lisping · lisped · lipsey · lithp
- To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children. Until the age of 10, Dominic would lisp, but this was fixed by a speech therapist.
- To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk. As yet a Child, nor yet a Fool to Fame, / I liſp'd in Numbers, for the Numbers came.
- To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid. Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.
- to express by the use of simple, childlike language. But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.
- To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially. to lisp treason
Lisp²
Where it comes from
A contraction of list processing.
proper noun Lisps · LISP
- A language family of multiparadigm programming languages that share a distinctive parenthesized syntax with prefix-operator precedence, historically used in symbolic artificial intelligence.
LISP³
proper noun LISPs
- Alternative form of Lisp
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: list-processing language, sigmatism, stat, lithp, lip-smacking, ling, lick, lapsus linguæ, lip language, liss, lolloping, labial, lipreading, lolling, labialization, lincture
Translations
Every language
noun The habit or an act of lisping.
| Español | ceceo, sigmatismo |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | लिस्प lisp |
| Português | sigmatismo, ceceio |
| Français | zézaiement, zozotement, susseyement, sesseyement |
| Deutsch | Lispelei |
| Italiano | zeppola, lisca, esse moscia, pronuncia blesa |
| Ελληνικά | ψευδισμός psevdismós, ψεύδισμα psévdisma |
| Русский | шепеля́вость šepeljávostʹ, шепеля́вение šepeljávenije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự nói ngọng |
| العربية | لُثْغَة luṯḡa |
verb to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly
| Español | cecear |
|---|---|
| Português | cecear |
| Français | zozoter, zézayer, susseyer |
| Deutsch | lispeln, zuzeln |
| Italiano | parlare con la zeppola, parlare con la lisca, parlare con la esse moscia, essere bleso |
| Ελληνικά | ψευδίζω psevdízo |
| Română | sâsâi, vorbi peltic |
| Русский | шепеля́вить šepeljávitʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | nói ngọng, nói đớt |
verb to speak with imperfect articulation
| Español | balbucear |
|---|---|
| Italiano | biascicare |
verb to speak hesitatingly and with a low voice
| Español | balbucear |
|---|---|
| Italiano | sussurrare |
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title = {lisp},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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