'Lambdacism' definitions:
Definition of 'lambdacism'
(from WordNet)
noun
Speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'
Definition of 'Lambdacism'
From: GCIDE
- Lambdacism \Lamb"da*cism\, n. [L. lambdacismus, Gr. ?, fr. la`mbda the letter lambda ([Lambda]).]
- 1. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American. [1913 Webster]