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Definition: PSELLISM |
PSELLISMNoun1. Indistinct pronunciation; stammering. |
Etymology: Psellism \Psel"lism\, noun. [from Greek expression, from to stammer.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Language | Translations for "PSELLISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | psellismus (stuttering), stammen (stammering, stutter, stuttering, syllabic anarthria), balbuties (stammering, stuttering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psychoglossie (stammering, stuttering), psellisme (stuttering), stotteren (stammer, stutter), spasmophemia (stammering, stuttering), ischophonia (stammering, stuttering), ischofonie (stammering, stuttering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | psellisme, dysphémie, bégaiement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Psychoglossie (stammering, stuttering), Psellismus (stammering, stuttering), Stottern (kick, splutter, sputter, stammer, stutter, stutterer), Spasmophemie (stammering, stuttering), Laloneurose (stammering, stuttering), Ischophonie | Ischofonie (stammering, stuttering), Dysphemie (stammering, stuttering), Dysarthria syllabaris (stammering, stuttering), Balbuties (stammering, stuttering), Anarthria syllabaris (stammering, stuttering, syllabic anarthria). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | psellismo (stuttering), disartria sillabica (stammering, stuttering, syllable stumbling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellismpsay pselismo (stuttering). (various references) pselismo (stuttering), tartamudez (stammer, stammering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "PSELLISM" (pronounced 'Psel"lism'): Phallism, Polythelism. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: misspell. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-l-m-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: lipless, simples. | |
-2 letters: impels, lisles, milles, missel, plisse, simple, slimes, slipes, smells, smiles, speils, spells, spiels, spiles, spills. | |
-3 letters: impel, isles, limes, limps, lisle, lisps, mells, miles, mille, mills, mises, piles, pills, plies, seism, sells, semis, sills, simps, sipes, slime, slims, slipe, slips, smell, smile, speil, spell, spiel, spies, spile, spill. | |
-4 letters: ells, elms. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-l-m-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: misspells, plimsoles. | |
+2 letters: misspelled. | |
+3 letters: misspelling. | |
+4 letters: aspergillums, misspellings, parallelisms, submultiples. | |
+5 letters: megalopolises, phillumenists, planetesimals. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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