glossolalia

n. 语意不清

发音

UK /ˌɡlɒsəˈleɪliə/
其它
US /ˌɡlɑsəˈleɪliə/

词形变化

glossolalias 复数 glossolalias

别名

glossolaly

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); speaking in tongues.

  2. 2.

    Synonym of xenoglossy (“knowledge of a language one has never learned”).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

pathology

词源

From glosso- + -lalia, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs) + λᾰλῐᾱ́ (lălĭā́, “talking; form of speech, dialect”) (from λᾰ́λος (lắlos, “talkative”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)).

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