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Definition of Lisps
Lisp Lisp Lisp, v. t.
1. To pronounce with a lisp.
2. To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with
words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child
speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike
language.
To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to
lisp the words unto them according as the babes and
children of that age might sound them again.
--Tyndale.
3. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or
confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
Lisp Lisp Lisp (l[i^]sp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lisped (l[i^]spt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Lisping.] [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp
stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G.
lispeln, Sw. l["a]spa, Dan. lespe.]
1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s
and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as
a child learning to talk.
As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in
numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope.
3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.
--Drayton.
Lisp Lisp Lisp, n.
The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1.
I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, ``O!
Strephon, you are a dangerous creature.' --Tatler.
