Balbutiate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To stammer. intransitive, obsolete

    "five times in foure and twenty houres praying (or rather balbutiating) orderly"

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hesitatestammer

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"five times in foure and twenty houres praying (or rather balbutiating) orderly"

Etymology

Latin balbutire, from balbus (“stammering”): compare French balbutier.

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