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noun

Lisp n. The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1. "I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, "O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature.""

LISP n. (Computers) A high-level computer programming language in which statements and data are in the form of lists, enclosed in parentheses; used especially for rapid development of prototype programs in artificial intelligence applications.

verb

Lisp v. t.

To pronounce with a lisp.

To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language. "To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lisp the words unto them according as the babes and children of that age might sound them again."

To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.

Lisp v. i. (past & past part. lisped; pres. part. lisping)

To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; a defect common among children.

To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk. "As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came."

To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid. "Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt."

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"Lisp" Quotes from Famous Books

... nation's vows confess, And, never satisfied with seeing, bless. Swift unbespoken pomps thy steps proclaim, And stammering babes are taught to lisp thy name." ...

— A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second • Charles James Fox

... tedious ride for the young man. The woodsmen sat jammed so closely about him that he could see only the frosty stars glimmering wanly in the moonlight. When the songs and the roaring conversations were stilled for a moment, he could hear the lisp of the runners on the smooth surface and the slashing grind ...

— The Rainy Day Railroad War • Holman Day

... violet blossoms, and it was under their arching boughs that the girls stopped when they had entered the garden. Ever since Virginia could remember, she had heard threats of cutting down the paulownias because of the litter the falling petals made in the spring, and ever since she could lisp at all she had begged her father to spare them for the sake of the enormous roots, into which she had loved to cuddle ...

— Virginia • Ellen Glasgow

... What a meeting! What a greeting takes place at the hour of dissolution! How pleasing the contemplation. How inspiring to think of our noble ancestors; our holy ministers and teachers; our fathers and mothers who led us by the hand to the house of God on the Sabbath, who early taught us to lisp the ever precious name of Jesus; who are to-day singing the song of Moses and the Lamb. Let us thank God at this solemn hour, even amid blinding tears, for pious, ...

— Gathering Jewels - The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. • James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles

... the hounds of spring are on winter's traces, The mother of months in meadow or plain Fills the shadows and windy places With lisp of leaves ...

— Halleck's New English Literature • Reuben P. Halleck

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