Word Meaning

Meaning of "lambdacism" and the crossword clue

- A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.
- 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.
- The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.