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(lisp)

intransitive verb

to substitute the sounds (t̸h) and (t̸h) for the sounds of s and z, as in pronouncing sing as though it were thing
to speak imperfectly or like a child

Origin: ME lyspen, earlier wlispen < OE -wlyspian < wlisp, wlips, a lisping, akin to Ger lispeln, MLowG wlispen, wilspen, of echoic orig.

transitive verb

to utter with a lisp or in an imperfect or childlike way

noun

the act or speech defect of lisping
the sound of lisping

Related Forms:

lisper noun
lispingly adverb

noun

a high-level computer language used esp. in artificial intelligence

Origin: lis(t) p(rocessing)

See lisp in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A speech defect or mannerism characterized by mispronunciation of the sounds (s) and (z) as (th) and (th).
A sound of or like a lisp: “The carpenter['s] . . . plane whistles its wild ascending lisp” (Walt Whitman).

verb lisped, lisp·ing, lisps

verb, intransitive

To speak with a lisp.
To speak imperfectly, as a child does.

verb, transitive

To pronounce with a lisp.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English lispen, to lisp

Origin: , from Old English -wlyspian (in āwlyspian, to lisp)

Origin: , from wlisp, lisping

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Related Forms:

lispˈer noun

noun

A programming language that processes lists. It is widely used in artificial intelligence research.

Origin:

Origin: lis(t) p(rocessing)

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