metacism

English

Etymology

Latin metacismus, Ancient Greek.

Noun

metacism (usually uncountable, plural metacisms)

1. A defect in pronouncing the letter M, or excessive use of it.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “metacism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)