traulism

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τραυλός (traulós, a lisping) +‎ -ism.

Noun

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traulism (countable and uncountable, plural traulisms)

  1. (obsolete) A stammering or stuttering.
    • c. 1660-1680, George Dalgarno, A Discourse of the Nature and Number of Double Consonants
      I know not what other censure to pass on them, but that they are childish and ridiculous traulisms.

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