lisped

Besides, in these days of universal knowledge, when we hear scientific terms lisped by infant lips, it is refreshing to see an example of fine old-fashioned ignorance.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

Josephine greatly; but the child was growing larger, an indiscreet word lisped by him, a childish remembrance, the least thing, might offend

Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

Madame de Montesquieu's visits were made only at long intervals, which distressed Josephine greatly; but the child was growing larger, an indiscreet word lisped by him, a childish remembrance, the least thing, might offend Marie Louise, who feared Josephine.

Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895

Josephine greatly; but the child was growing larger, an indiscreet word lisped by him, a childish remembrance, the least thing, might offend

Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Complete Louis Constant Wairy 1811

Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth "lisped" in novelettes, as Pope said he "lisped in numbers."

Studies in Early Victorian Literature Frederic Harrison 1877

"lisped" no longer, but babbled as they leapt, like mountain streams, exposing their rocky bed.

Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays Walter Pater 1866

I thought lisped cees were Castilian, not Catalonian.

Matthew Yglesias » The Shroud of Torino 2010

Yes I, whose lips had never lisped the word "king," remembered that I had once been the son of a king.

Chapter 1 2010

"Third floor," lisped a young man seated at a table.

Daniel in a Den of Liberalism vic fortezza 2011

His lisped speech is mocked, along with his sexuality, by crass Italian television comedians.

Nichi Vendola, a gay, ex-communist governor, becomes the unlikely rival to Italy's Berlusconi Jason Horowitz 2011