LAMBDACISM

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.

2.
n.

A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.

3.
n.

The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.


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