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Repetitive nonsense speech
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glossolalia
Word definitions for glossolalia in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. speak in tongues; speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of spirits).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Glossolalia is the 2000-released solo album from Kansas keyboaridst/vocalist Steve Walsh . It was released on Magna Carta Records and features Trent Gardner , Virgil Donati , and Billy Greer .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glossolalia \Glos`so*la"li*a\, Glossolaly \Glos*sol"a*ly\, n. The gift of tongues. Farrar.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"speaking in tongues," 1879, from Greek glossa "tongue, language" (see gloss (n.2)) + lalia "talk, prattle, a speaking," from lalein "to speak, prattle," of echoic origin.
Usage examples of glossolalia.
Louis Bertrand who converted thousands of Indians in the sixteenth century, spreading glossolalia across the continent faster than smallpox.
Bob Rife's glossolalia cult is the most successful religion since the creation of Islam.
In a packed revival hail or a Third World refugee encampment, glossolalia spread from one person to the next as fast as panic.
The behavior that the Reverend Wayne promulgates through his television shows, pamphlets, and franchises can be traced in an unbroken line back to the Pentecostal cults of early Christianity, and from there back to pagan glossolalia cults.
No matter how long you count, how many unnamable numbers you utter beyond googolplex and glossolalia for how many years and decades, there's still one more number, it's still an open-ended sequence, it still outflies the imagination.
Doggedly she kept at the work, but her attention kept blinking out and the glossolalia kept returning, washing everything away in the white noise of despair.