Meanings
nounstammerer (plural stammerers)
plural stammerers
- One who stammers; a stutterer.
Marry—as the friendly vapour ascended, how his prattle would curl up sometimes with it! the ligaments, which tongue-tied him, were loosened, and the stammerer proceeded a statist!
1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page ix
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions
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