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incomprehensible speech in an imaginary language, sometimes occurring in a trance state, an episode of religious ecstasy, or schizophrenia.
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Glossolalia
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
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| glossolalia (ˌɡlɒsəˈleɪlɪə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | another term for gift of tongues |
| 2. | psychol babbling in a nonexistent language |
| [C19: New Latin, from | |
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Word Origin & History
glossolalia
"speaking in tongues," 1879, from Gk. glossa "tongue, language" + lalia "talk, prattle, a speaking," from lalein "to speak, prattle," of echoic origin.
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glossolalia glos·so·la·li·a (glô'sə-lā'lē-ə)
n.
Fabricated, nonmeaningful speech, especially associated with trances or certain schizophrenic syndromes.
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