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   lisp

   /lɪsp/

   noun

   • 1. a speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this: "he spoke with a slight lisp"

   verb

   • 1. speak with a lisp: "she spoke softly, lisping slightly"

   Word Origin Old Englishwlispian (recorded in āwlyspian), from wlisp (adjective) ‘lisping’, of imitative origin; compare with Dutch lispen and German lispeln.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lisper noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

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