Meanings
- uncountablemedicineagitophasia
When he finally began to speak, his agitolalia, or habit of rapid utterance, was more pronounced.
1982 -, Jon Ewbank Manchip White, Death by Dreaming, →ISBN, page 1062 more examples
Anxiety group characterised by palpitation, excessive micturation, vertigo, shortness of breath, gastro-intestinal disturbances, trembling, agitolalia, etc.
1962, Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress, page 521Her oral behaviour may be denoted as a word salad, automatic speaking, logorrhoea, or cluttered and excessively rapid speech with sounds omitted, distorted as in agitiolalia.
1984, István Anhalt, Alternative voices: essays on contemporary vocal and choral composition, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinagitō“to put something in motion, drive, impel”
- Englishagitolalia
From Latin agitō (“to put something in motion, drive, impel”) + -lalia.
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