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Definition of Lisped
1. lisp [v] - See also: lisp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lisped
Literary usage of Lisped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. O'Hara; Or, 1798 by William Hamilton Maxwell (1825)
"<' Allow me to nip your dust," lisped a ma-' caroni-looking youngster; " real
Lundy, by Jove. IB Pelton dished 1" " Dead as a herring," said the elder. ..."
2. Plutarch: The Lives by Plutarch (1831)
"... takes notice that Alcibiades lisped ; for instead of calling him Corax, '
raven,' he called him Colax, ' flatterer;' from whence the poet takes occasion ..."
3. Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1880)
"He has hereditary claims to a Spanish countship. His infancy was spent in Bar-
bary, and his lips first lisped in Arabic. ..."
4. Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining: Alphabetically Arranged and by Charles Buck (1841)
"It was a maxim of a celebrated minister, ' that if a child but lisped to give
you pleasure, you ought to be pleased.' When occasionally preaching in the ..."
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