balbutiate

Meanings

• verb (intransitive)

  Stammering or stuttering; speaking with difficulty and interrupting one's flow of speech.

  - "Despite her nerves, she managed to balbutiate her presentation to the class."
  - "The politician's balbutiation during the debate caused a stir among the audience."

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Variants

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bilabiate

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Etymology

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Derived from the Latin word 'balbutiare,' meaning 'to stammer,' 'to mumble,' or 'to babble.'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'balbutiate' is rarely used in everyday language, and most people are more familiar with the terms 'stammering' or 'stuttering'.

2. The word 'balbutiate' comes from the Latin word 'balbutiare,' which also means 'to babble' or 'to mumble'.

3. Balbutiation can be caused by various factors, including emotional stress, fatigue, illness, or neurological disorders.

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1. stammering: A speech disorder characterized by repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, or words, often accompanied by facial and body movements.

2. stuttering: A type of fluency disorder characterized by the repetition of sounds, syllables, or words, as well as the prolongation of sounds.

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Balbutiation is a common symptom of various neurological and developmental disorders, such as cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, and developmental apraxia of speech.

How to Memorize "balbutiate"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of struggling to speak, perhaps imagining a person making an effort to form words and having difficulty doing so.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of difficulty speaking, or imagine someone who stutters or stammeres.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym B-A-L-B-U-T-I-A-T-E to remember the meaning: 'Babbling, Anxiously, Labored, Uncontrollably, Trying, Inadequately, Articulate, Tongue, Effort.'

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