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glossolalia的意思

glossolalia

英 [,gls'lel] 美 [,glɑso'lel]
  • n. 语意不清;言语不清

glossolalia

英文词源


glossolalia (n.)
"gift of tongues, speaking in tongues, ability to speak foreign languages without having learned them," 1857 (earlier in German and Italian), from Greek glossa "tongue, language" (see gloss (n.2)) + lalia "talk, prattle, a speaking," from lalein "to speak, prattle," echoic.