LAMBDACISM


Meaning of LAMBDACISM in English

-dəˌsizəm noun

( -s )

Etymology: Late Latin labdacismus, from Greek labdakismos, from labda, lambda lambda + connective -k- + -ismos -ism

1. : excessive use of the letter l or the sound l (as in alliteration)

2. : defective articulation of l or substitution of other sounds for it

3. : substitution of l for another sound (as r when a Chinese says ˈchelē for English cherry ) — compare lallation

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