Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas
2. Spoken Language

583. [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering.

   NOUN:INARTICULATENESS; stammering &c. v.; hesitation &c. v.; impediment in one’s speech; titubancy [obs.], traulism [obs.]; whisper (faint sound) [See Faintness]; lisp, drawl, tardiloquence [rare]; nasal -tone, – accent; twang; falsetto (want of voice) [See Aphonia]; cacology, cacoëpy; broken -voice, – accents, – sentences; brogue [See Neology].
  SLIP OF THE TONGUE, lapsus linguæ [L.].
   VERB:STAMMER, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer [obs. or dial. Eng.], balbutiate [obs.], balbucinate [obs.], haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together.
  MUMBLE, mutter, maund [obs.], maunder; whisper [See Faintness]; mince, lisp; jabber, gabble, gibber; splutter, sputter; muffle, mump; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; talk incoherently, quaver, snuffle, clip one’s words.
  MURDER THE LANGUAGE, murder the King’s (or Queen’s) English; mispronounce, missay [rare].
   ADJECTIVE:INARTICULATE; stammering &c. v.; guttural, throaty, nasal; tremulous; affected; stertorous; cacoëpistic.
   ADVERB:sotto voce (faintly) [See Faintness].