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glossolalia.

glossolalia (speaking in tongues)

11 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɡlɔ.so.laˈli.ɐ/Brazil/ˌɡlɔ.sɔ.lɐˈli.ɐ/Portugal
  1. glossolalia (speaking in tongues)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs) + λᾰλῐᾱ́ (lălĭā́, “talking; form of speech, dialect”) (from λᾰ́λος (lắlos, “talkative”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)).

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