mussitation
n.
Movement of the lips as if speaking but without sound.
mussitation
mussitation
Not even the five fingers of our hands are alike.
--Afghan proverb
--Afghan proverb
Interesting! I didn't know that we had a word for mouthing the words...!
I wonder if there is a word for the somewhat autonomic mimic-mouthing of the parent feeding the infant with a spoon... Now that I have had three kids, I find myself doing this even though my youngest is 4 years old and doesn't watch me for such cues...
-Tim
I wonder if there is a word for the somewhat autonomic mimic-mouthing of the parent feeding the infant with a spoon... Now that I have had three kids, I find myself doing this even though my youngest is 4 years old and doesn't watch me for such cues...
-Tim
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I recently discovered the Latin word musso, mussare, but I didn't realize it had come down to English. Is there an English verb for mussitation?
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In my search for answers I discovered that this had already been a Good Word...
http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword ... ussitation
The English variant is mutter. As for the strict medicinal meaning, perhaps a verb form would be mussitate, but most likely it occurs in the noun and adjective forms in such documents.
-Tim
http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword ... ussitation
The English variant is mutter. As for the strict medicinal meaning, perhaps a verb form would be mussitate, but most likely it occurs in the noun and adjective forms in such documents.
-Tim
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