Thesaurus: lambdacism

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1. n. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.
2. n. 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.
3. n. The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.
4. n. speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme /l/
5. 1. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously. 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. 3. The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.
6. n speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'