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Lisp

Pronunciation: /lɪsp/

Definition of Lisp

noun

[mass noun]

a high-level computer programming language devised for list processing.

Origin:

1950s: from lis(t) p(rocessor)

Lisp in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Lisp in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

Lisburn
Lisdoonvarna
lisente
-lish
lisle
Lisp
lisp
Lissajous figure
lissom
list ¹
list ²

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More results for Lisp

lisp¹ Eng-Sp
lisp² Eng-Sp
have a lisp in lisp Eng-It
to have a lisp in lisp Eng-Fr

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logomachy

/ ləˈgɒməki

noun

an argument about words …

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