LAMBATIVE
Lam"ba*tive, n.
Defn: A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.
Wiseman.
LAMBDA
Lamb"da, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
1. The name of the Greek letter
2. (Anat.)
Defn: The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull. Lambda moth (Zoöl.), a moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda (
LAMBDACISM Lamb"da*cism, n. Etym: [L. lambdacismus, Gr. la`mbda the letter lambda (
1. A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.
2. A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.
3. The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.