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glossolalia

noun
glos路​so路​la路​lia | \ 藢gl盲-s蓹-藞l膩-l膿-蓹 How to pronounce glossolalia (audio) , 藢gl券-\

Definition of glossolalia

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Other Words from glossolalia

glossolalist \ 藢gl盲-​s蓹-​藞l膩-​list How to pronounce glossolalist (audio) , 藢gl券-​ \ noun

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In a small but effective artistic choice, characters talk in crackling, subtitled glossolalia, punctuated only by the occasional intelligible word. Adi Robertson, The Verge, "Paratopic is a short, grimy horror game with a style straight out of 1998," 29 Apr. 2018 In a small but effective artistic choice, characters talk in crackling, subtitled glossolalia, punctuated only by the occasional intelligible word. Adi Robertson, The Verge, "Paratopic is a short, grimy horror game with a style straight out of 1998," 29 Apr. 2018 These gifts include healing, prophecy and glossolalia. The Economist, "The stand," 4 Nov. 2017

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First Known Use of glossolalia

1879, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for glossolalia

New Latin

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glossolalia

noun
glos路​so路​la路​lia | \ 藢gl盲s-蓹-藞l膩-l膿-蓹, 藢gl券s- How to pronounce glossolalia (audio) \

Medical Definition of glossolalia

: profuse and often emotionally charged speech that mimics coherent speech but is usually unintelligible to the listener and that is uttered in some states of religious ecstasy and in some schizophrenic states

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