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Define the word lallation

"Lallation" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Lallation \Lal*la"tion\, n. [L. lallare to sing lalla, or
   lullaby: cf. F. lallation.]
   An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds
   like l.
   [1913 Webster]

"lallation" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

lallation
     n 1: defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r'
          is pronounced as `l'
     2: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble, babbling]