leresis

1. 1.

   rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged)

   Broadergarrulity

Other forms of leresis

plural

leresises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leresis

What does leresis mean?

leresis means "rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged)".

How many syllables are in leresis?

leresis has 3 syllables and divides as le-re-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.