Category:Stammer

Stam"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stammered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering.] Etym: [oe. stameren, fr. As. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to d. & Lg. stameren to stammer, g. stammeln, ohg. stammal, stamm, dan. Stamme, sw. stamma, icel. stama, stamma, ohg. & dan. stam stammering, Icel. stamr, goth. stamms, and to g. stemmen to bear against, stumm Dumb, d. stom. Cf. Stem to resist, stumble.]

Defn: to make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to Hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; To stutter. I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this conclead Man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, Either too much at once, or none at all. Shak.

Stammer Stam"mer, v. t.

Defn: to utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- Sometimes with out.

Stammer Stam"mer, n.

Defn: defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; A stutter.