balbutiate en · VERB
Etymology
Latin balbutire, from balbus (“stammering”): compare French balbutier.
Meanings
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(intransitive, obsolete) To stammer.
five times in foure and twenty houres praying (or rather balbutiating) orderly
1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| balbucinate | alternative | lexicographic | |
| balbutiated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| balbutiated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| balbutiating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| balbutiates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |