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stammering

Roget category 583

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means

#583. [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering

noun

inarticulatenessstammering etc. v. — hesitation etc. v. — impediment in one's speechtitubancy, traulismwhisper etc. (faint sound) 405lisp, drawl, tardiloquencenasal tone, nasal accenttwangfalsetto etc. (want of voice) 581broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences.
brogue etc. 563slip of the tongue, lapsus linouae [Lat.].

verb

stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammerbalbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together.
mumble, muttermaud, mauderwhisper etc. 405mince, lispjabber, gibber sputter, spluttermuffle, mumpdrawl, mouthcroakspeak thick, speak through the nosesnuffle, clip one's wordsmurder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's Englishmispronounce, missay.

adjective

stammering etc. v. — inarticulate, guttural, nasaltremulousaffected.

adverb

sotto voce [Lat.] etc. (faintly) 405.

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