Med. [mod.L., f. balbūtīre.] Stammering, stuttering; lisping.
1655. Culpepper, Riverius, V. iv. 127. Balbuties, a kind of Stammering, which keepeth men from pronouncing of the Letter R.
1859. Worcester, Balbuties, stammering; vicious pronunciation, in which b and l are substituted for other consonants.