Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

&c v.; hesitation &c v.; impediment in one's speech; titubancy†, traulism†; whisper &c (faint sound) 405; lisp, drawl, tardiloquence†; nasal tone, nasal accent; twang; falsetto &c (want of voice) 581; broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences. brogue &c 563; slip of the tongue, lapsus linouae [Lat.]. V. stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer; balbutiate†, balbucinate†, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together. mumble, mutter; maud†, mauder†; whisper &c 405; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump†; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay†. Adj. stammering &c v.; inarticulate, guttural, nasal; tremulous; affected. Adv. sotto voce &c (faintly) 405 [Lat.].