a. [ad. L. balbūtient-em: see prec.] Stammering, stuttering.
1642. H. More, Song of Soul, III. III. xxiv. I have with tongue balbutient Prattled to th’ weaker ear.
1678. Cudworth, Intell. Syst., I. iv. § 18. 316. Speech … that is but imperfect, balbutient and inarticulate.
