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Lisper

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lisp  (lsp)
n.
1. A speech defect or mannerism characterized by mispronunciation of the sounds (s) and (z) as (th) and (th).
2. A sound of or like a lisp: "The carpenter['s] . . . plane whistles its wild ascending lisp" Walt Whitman.
v. lisped, lisp·ing, lisps
v.intr.
1. To speak with a lisp.
2. To speak imperfectly, as a child does.
v.tr.
To pronounce with a lisp.

[From Middle English lispen, to lisp, from Old English -wlyspian (in wlyspian, to lisp), from wlisp, lisping.]

lisper n.
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Noun1.lisper - a speaker who lisps
speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"


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The old folks in the nursing homes are toothless lispers with voices worn with age.
Synopsized succinctly (and you lispers out there, don't try this at home): Pseudolus, sick of servitude, seeks to secure his freedom by setting up an assignation between his master's son, Hero, and Philia, the courtesan from the brothel next door, before she is sold to a general.
 
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