Meanings
- uncountableDifficulty in speaking, triggered by the effort of singing or speaking loudly.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμόγις“with toil and pain”
- Englishmogiphonia
From Ancient Greek μόγις (mógis, “with toil and pain”) + -phonia.
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mogiphonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mogiphonia
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