lisp
noun
[ lɪsp ]
• a speech defect in which s is pronounced like th in thick and z is pronounced like th in this.
• "he spoke with a slight lisp"
lisp
verb
• speak with a lisp.
• "she spoke softly, lisping slightly"
Origin:
Old English wlispian (recorded in āwlyspian ), from wlisp (adjective) ‘lisping’, of imitative origin; compare with Dutch lispen and German lispeln .
Lisp
noun
• a high-level computer programming language devised for list processing.
Origin:
1950s: from lis(t) p(rocessor) .
