Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paragammacism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paragam-macism
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inability to produce the sound /g/, gammacism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lisping, stuttering, stammering, lallation, nunnation and sigmatism, paragammacism and paralambdacism are but few of the locutory evils encountered, much too frequently in adolescents and adults. The fact that they are mostly amenable to treatment and may often be completely corrected, with proper attention and training, is something that needs to be more thoroughly impressed upon our educational bodies and sociologic reformers."

Etymology

From para- + gammacism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: para-
Suffix: gammacism

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does paragammacism mean?: Inability to produce the sound /g/, gammacism.
Where does paragammacism come from?: From para- + gammacism.

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