mytacism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

mytacism mutacism metacism

Etymology

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

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