lambdacism

Lamb´da`cism

n.	1.	A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.
	2.	A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.
	3.	The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.

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lambdacism

Phonetics.
the mispronunciation of double l, giving it the sound of y or ly.
2. Cf. rhotacism. substitution of the sound l for another sound, as that of r. Also labdacism. Cf. lallation.

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lambdacism - speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l' defect of speech, speech defect, speech disorder - a disorder of oral speech