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traulism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A stammering or stuttering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • 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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History

Etymology

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