mussitation
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prettygoodwordmussitate (MUHS-i-tayt) - n., to mumble, murmur, mutter.
Also, in medicine, to move the lips as if speaking but without sound -- sometimes happens when comatose. Adopted in the 1620s from Latin mussitātus, past participle of mussitāre, to mutter, from mussāre, to murmur + -it-, frequentive infix.
---L.
Also, in medicine, to move the lips as if speaking but without sound -- sometimes happens when comatose. Adopted in the 1620s from Latin mussitātus, past participle of mussitāre, to mutter, from mussāre, to murmur + -it-, frequentive infix.
---L.
