inarticulacyn.
/ɪnɑːˈtɪkjʊləsi/ Inarticulateness.
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun]
oblocution?a1475
hacking1539
misspeaking1650
babble1667
dysphonia1706
inarticulateness1731
inarticulation1765
garble1795
thickness1849
dyslalia1854
dyslaly1856
misarticulation1866
dysarthria1877
dysarthrosis1877
cluttering1878
anarthria1879
inarticulacy1921
dysphasia-
1921 Observer 11 Sept. 10/2 That it has not done so..we must ascribe..to the inarticulacy of the scientist himself.
1927 M. Sadleir Trollope: Comm. 41 He has virtually entreated her forgiveness for his inarticulacy.
1951 A. Baron Rosie Hogarth 81 Perhaps it was this, more than his inarticulacy,..that had held him back.
1970 Listener 30 July 157/2 Prone to miscarriages, inarticulacy, and general indecision.
1971 Daily Tel. 9 Oct. 9/6 ‘Y'know’ and ‘I mean’ and other apologies for inarticulacy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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