Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An imperfect pronunciation of the letter r, whereby it is made to sound like l. See lambdacism.
Wiktionary
- n. the incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l"
- n. baby-talk or gibberish
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.
WordNet 3.0
- n. defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l'
- n. gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
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khaos a disorder never sounded so good. what melancholy sound of a word for something that is meant to have a negavite connotation.. Nov 13, 2008
Prolagus False friend of lallazione. Mar 30, 2008