Traulism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stammering or stuttering. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "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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hesitationstammerstammeringstutterstuttering

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"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."

Etymology

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

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