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mytacism

mytacism noun: a speech disorder manifesting as an abnormal repetition of the sound /m/ or replacement of consonants with m-like sounds.

Noun

mytacism (uncountable)

  1. A speech disorder manifesting as an abnormal repetition of the sound /m/ or replacement of consonants with m-like sounds.

Forms of mytacism

alternative formmutacism
alternative formmetacism

Origin of mytacism

From Ancient Greek μυτακισμός (mutakismós, “fondness of the letter mu”). By surface analysis from mu (Greek letter representing /m/) + -tacism.

Questions about mytacism

What does mytacism mean?
Mytacism means a speech disorder manifesting as an abnormal repetition of the sound /m/ or replacement of consonants with m-like sounds.
What part of speech is mytacism?
Mytacism is a noun.

Words near mytacism in the dictionary

  1. Mystras
  2. Mysuru
  3. Myszka
  4. Myszkas
  5. Mysłowice
  6. mytacism
  7. Mytchett
  8. myth
  9. myth.
  10. mytharc
  11. mytharcs

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