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lisp

  [lisp]
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–noun
1. a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th-sounds of thin and this, respectively.
2. Phonetics. any unconventional articulation of the sibilants, as the pronunciation of s and z with the tongue between the teeth (lingual protrusion lisp), close to or touching the upper front teeth (dental lisp), or raised so that the breath is emitted laterally (lateral lisp).
3. the act, habit, or sound of lisping.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4. to pronounce or speak with a lisp.
5. to speak imperfectly, esp. in a childish manner.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME wlispen, lipsen, OE āwlyspian; akin to D lisp(el)en, G lispeln, Norw leipsa

Related forms:
lisper, noun
lisp⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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lisp   (lĭsp)   
n.  

  1. A speech defect or mannerism characterized by mispronunciation of the sounds (s) and (z) as (th) and (th).

  2. A sound of or like a lisp: "The carpenter['s] . . . plane whistles its wild ascending lisp" (Walt Whitman).

v.   lisped, lisp·ing, lisps

v.   intr.

  1. To speak with a lisp.

  2. To speak imperfectly, as a child does.

v.   tr.
To pronounce with a lisp.

[From Middle English lispen, to lisp, from Old English -wlyspian (in āwlyspian, to lisp), from wlisp, lisping.]
lisp'er n.
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Word Origin & History

lisp  (v.)
late O.E. awlyspian, from wlisp (adj.) "lisping," probably of imitative origin (cf. M.Du., O.H.G. lispen, Dan. læspe, Swed. läspa). The noun is first attested 1625.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2lisp
Function: noun
: a speech defect or affectation characterized by lisping
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

lisp (lĭsp)
n.
A speech defect or mannerism characterized by mispronunciation of the sounds (s) and (z) as (th) and (th). v. lisped, lisp·ing, lisps
To speak with a lisp.

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