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lisp

UK/lɪsp/ US/lɪθp/ uncommon archaic
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th

2.

a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists

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verb

1.

speak with a lisp

Origin

From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).

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