stammering en · NOUN
Meanings
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The act of one who stammers.
At that point, humanity crosses another threshold, miniaturizes its universe into symbolic form, and takes a toddling step toward iconography, writing, and the first stammerings of calendrical notation and mathematics.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 95:We could not understand his inarticulate stammerings.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stammerings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (29)
bg пелтечене (act of stammering) · es tartamudeo (act of stammering) · ga snagaireacht (act of stammering) · la haesitantia (act of stammering) · la haesitātiō (act of stammering) · fr balbutiement (act of stammering) · bg заекване (act of stammering) · ga stadaireacht (act of stammering) · sq belbëzim (act of stammering) · sh mȕcānje (act of stammering) · nl gestamel (act of stammering) · it balbettio (act of stammering) · ga balbhántaíocht (act of stammering) · nl gestotter (act of stammering) · it tartagliamento (act of stammering) · fr bafouillage (act of stammering) · la titubātiō (act of stammering) · da stammen (act of stammering) · sh му̏ца̄ње (act of stammering) · it balbettamento (act of stammering) · fr bégaiement (act of stammering) · ga trudaireacht (act of stammering) · de Gestotter (act of stammering) · it ciangottio (act of stammering) · cs koktání (act of stammering) · ny kubwíbwitsa (act of stammering) · tl pagkautal (act of stammering) · ga bailbhe (act of stammering) · ru заика́ние (act of stammering)