lallation

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === lallation (countable and uncountable, plural lallations) The incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l" (or "w"). Baby-talk or gibberish. 1648, Robert Baron, Erotopaignion, Or the Cyprian Academy, London: J. Hardesty et al., “To the Ladies and Gentlewoemen of England,”[2] When you talke with your children you expect from them no congruence or quaint language, yet you are often pleased to heare them prattle, & are delighted with their lisping Ideoms. This makes me hope that you will dispence with the Lallation & Low dialect of this babe, whose tone is rude, yet his meaning is plaine dealing, which according to the proverbe is a jewell, and consequently most fit for Ladies. ==== Related terms ==== lall lallate === References === “lallation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. lallation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === lallation f (plural lallations) lallation === Further reading === “lallation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012