labialism

[ ley-bee-uh-liz-uhm ]

noun
  1. a tendency, sometimes habitual, to make sounds labial, as in pronouncing the l in love as a w-like sound.

Origin of labialism

1
First recorded in 1880–85; labial + -ism

Words Nearby labialism

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