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PSELLISM

Definition: PSELLISM

PSELLISM

Noun

1. Indistinct pronunciation; stammering.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Psellism \Psel"lism\, noun. [from Greek expression, from to stammer.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: PSELLISM

Synonyms by domain: stuttered (medicine).

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Modern Translation: PSELLISM

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

   

Portuguese

  

pselismo (stuttering). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pselismo (stuttering), tartamudez (stammer, stammering). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "PSELLISM"

Words rhyming with "PSELLISM" (pronounced 'Psel"lism'): Phallism, Polythelism. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PSELLISM

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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