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LERESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leresis mean? 

LERESIS (noun)
  The noun LERESIS has 1 sense:

1. rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged)play

  Familiarity information: LERESIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LERESIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("leresis" is a kind of...):

garrulity; garrulousness; loquaciousness; loquacity; talkativeness (the quality of being wordy and talkative)


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