Lisp in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Lisp

You can make 12 words from 'lisp' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'lisp'
• 3 letters words from 'lisp'
• 2 letters words from 'lisp'

4 letters words from 'lisp'

LIPS 6	LISP 6
SLIP 6

3 letters words from 'lisp'

LIP 5	LIS 3
PIS 5	PSI 5
SIP 5

2 letters words from 'lisp'

IS 2	LI 2
PI 4	SI 2

Definitions and meaning of lisp

lisp

Alternative forms

• lipsey
• lithp (humorous)

Etymology

From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in āwlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adj), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).

Pronunciation

• Standard: IPA^(key): /lɪsp/
• Humorous:
  1. IPA^(key): /lɪθp/
  2. IPA^(key): /lɪl͡sp/
• Rhymes: -ɪsp

Noun

lisp (plural lisps)

1. The habit or an act of lisping.

   He used to have a terrible lisp before going to a speech therapist.

   It's common for children to speak with a lisp.

Derived terms

• lispy

Translations

Verb

lisp (third-person singular simple present lisps, present participle lisping, simple past and past participle lisped)

1. To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.
2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
3. (archaic) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
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     Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.

4. (archaic) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
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     to speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lisp words unto them according as the babes and children of that age might sound them again
5. (archaic) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.

   to lisp treason

   • 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds

     "You have done well, sir," said Delwood, calmly, as he placed double the amount of Mrs. Santon's bribe in the Signor's hand; "you have done well, sir; and mark my words,—gold can never relieve a guilty conscience! Go, sir, and see that you lisp not a syllable of this to any one."

Derived terms

• lisper

Translations

See also

• brogue
• drawl
• lallation
• lilt
• twang

Anagrams

• LIPs, LSPI, lips, pils, slip

Source: wiktionary.org

• to pronounce the letters S and Z imperfectly.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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