mussitation
A comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing soundA comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing sound.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing sound.
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
(archaic, countable, obsolete, uncountable)Speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin mussitātiō (“soft noise made by dogs, or (Late Latin) people”Learned borrowing from Latin mussitātiō (“soft noise made by dogs, or (Late Latin) people”) + English -ion (suffix denoting a condition or state). Mussitātiō is derived from mussitātus (“kept quiet; having been kept quiet; murmured, muttered; having been muttered”) (see further at mussitate) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs).
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Forms
plural: mussitations| Singular | mussitation |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech:muttermutteringmurmurmurmuringmurmuration
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable