rare. Also in L. form traulismus. [ad. Gr. τραυλισμ-ός, f. τραυλίζειν to lisp, τραυλός adj. lisping, mispronouncing letters.] A stammering, stuttering.
[1589. R. Harvey, Pl. Perc., A ij. And so foorth following the Traulila-lilismus, as farre as Will Solnes stuttring pronunciation may stumble ouer at a breath.]
1678. Phillips (ed. 4), Traulismus,… a stammering repetition of the first syllable, or letter of a word, as Tu-Tu-Tullius.
1680. Dalgarno, Deaf & Dumb Man’s Tutor, 128. Childish and ridiculous Traulisms.
a. 1800. S. Pegge, Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1803), 93. A stammering kind of syllable, rhetorically called a Traulismus.
1893. Westm. Gaz., 6 Oct., 2/1. A professor of elocution who has caught a trick of stammering from those whom he has cured of traulism.
