Med. [mod.L., f. balbūtīre.] Stammering, stuttering; lisping.

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1655.  Culpepper, Riverius, V. iv. 127. Balbuties, a kind of Stammering, which keepeth men from pronouncing of the Letter R.

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1859.  Worcester, Balbuties, stammering; vicious pronunciation, in which b and l are substituted for other consonants.

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