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Definition of Lambdacism
1. Noun. Speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme 'l'.
Definition of Lambdacism
1. n. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.
Definition of Lambdacism
1. Noun. Pronunciation of other sounds, typically ''r'', as ''l''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Lambdacism
1. 1. Mispronunciation or disarticulation of the letter l. 2. Substitution of the letter l for the letter r. Origin: G. Lambda, the letter L (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lambdacism
Literary usage of Lambdacism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Student's Medical Dictionary: Including All the Words and Phrases by George Milbry Gould (1896)
"lambdacism (lam'-das-izm) ... lambdacism]. I. Difficulty in uttering the sound
of the letter /. 2. Too frequent use of the / sound, or its substitution for ..."
2. Diseases of the eye and disorders of speech in childhood by Oskar Everbusch, Max Nadoleczny (1914)
"On the other hand, para- lambdacism, consisting in replacing L by NG, NA
tongue-depressor prevents the Format™ of the K-*>Und. or D sounds ridiculous, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... as the Chinese and sundry other races ; these substitute 1 for r : the technical
name for this vice of utterance is lambdacism ; the opposite vice is an ..."
4. The Mind of the Child: Observations Concerning the Mental Development of the by William T. Preyer (1889)
"... and para- lambdacism are strongly marked. At the same time the influence of
dialect is perceptible ..."
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