-lalia
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek λαλιά (lalia, “talk, chat”).
Suffix [edit]
-lalia
- Forming nouns denoting abnormal or disordered forms of speech.
Derived terms [edit]
- agitolalia
- alalia
- bradylalia
- coprolalia (uncontrolled use of abusive or obscene language)
- dyslalia
- echolalia (immediate, involuntary, and repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another)
- glossolalia
- heterolalia
- oligolalia
- palilalia (repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words)
- rhinolalia
