Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To stammer in speaking.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To stammer.

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  • verb obsolete, intransitive To stammer.

Etymologies

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Latin balbutire, from balbus ("stammering"): compare French balbutier.

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