balbutiate

== English == === Alternative forms === balbucinate === Etymology === Latin balbutire, from balbus (“stammering”): compare French balbutier. === Verb === balbutiate (third-person singular simple present balbutiates, present participle balbutiating, simple past and past participle balbutiated) (obsolete, intransitive) To stammer. === References === “balbutiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.