Glossolalia Definition
glôsə-lālē-ə, glŏsə-
noun
Ecstatic or apparently ecstatic utterance of usually unintelligible speechlike sounds, as in a religious assembly, viewed by some as a manifestation of deep religious experience.
Webster's New World
Fabricated and nonmeaningful speech, especially such speech associated with a trance state or certain schizophrenic syndromes.
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Other Word Forms of Glossolalia
Noun
Singular:
glossolalia
Plural:
glossolaliasOrigin of Glossolalia
New Latin Greek glōssa tongue Greek lalein to babble
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From glosso- + -lalia.
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