agitolalia
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin agitō (“I put something in motion, drive, impel”) + -lalia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agitolalia (uncountable)
- (pathology) agitophasia
- 1962, Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress, page 521:
- Anxiety group characterised by palpitation, excessive micturation, vertigo, shortness of breath, gastro-intestinal disturbances, trembling, agitolalia, etc.
- 1982 -, Jon Ewbank Manchip White, Death by Dreaming, →ISBN, page 106:
- When he finally began to speak, his agitolalia, or habit of rapid utterance, was more pronounced.
- 1984, István Anhalt, Alternative voices: essays on contemporary vocal and choral composition, page 37:
- Her oral behaviour may be denoted as a word salad, automatic speaking, logorrhoea, or cluttered and excessively rapid speech with sounds omitted, distorted as in agitiolalia.