Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stammerer.
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Examples
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Among the herpetofauna, the broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides VU) and the stuttering frog (Mixophyes balbus VU) are both present in this ecoregion.
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The OED holds that boob is a shortening of booby, “a lubber, a nincompoop,” from the Spanish bobo, “fool,” in turn from the Latin balbus, “stammering.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The OED holds that boob is a shortening of booby, “a lubber, a nincompoop,” from the Spanish bobo, “fool,” in turn from the Latin balbus, “stammering.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Tunc visus est ipse ferreus Carolus ferrea galea cristatus, ferreis manicis armillatus, etc., etc. His igitur, quae ego balbus et edentulus, non ut debui circuitu tardiore diutius explicare tentavi, veridicus speculator Oggerus celerrimo visu contuitus dixit ad
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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Sit ingeniosus, sit eloquens, sit exercitatus, sit omnium librorum helluo; tamen aridus et balbus appareat necesse est, quum haec tam "adunata" sustentabit.
Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities Edmund Campion 1560
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Posts: 251 balbus wrote: I definitely need to get dosage IV.
unknown title 2009
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