Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use or presence of sigma or s; repetition or recurrence of s or of the s-sound.
- noun Difficult or defective pronunciation of the sound s.
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- noun A
lisp .
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They comprise chiefly: sigmatism or imperfect pronunciation of s; rhotacism or imperfect pronunciation of r; lambdacism or imperfect pronunciation of l; gam -
The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912
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