English
Etymology
Humorous formation from dyslexia by metathesis as if due to dyslexia.
Noun
lysdexia (uncountable)
- (humorously) Dyslexia.
- informal Being prone to metathesis in reading, writing, or speech due to (real or imagined) dyslexia.
Related terms
lysdexic
Quotations
1990, Sharon Arthur Moore et al., Dyslexia, what's lysdexia? [title] in Reading Teacher 43
1995, Jerrold S Maxmen, Essential Psychopathology and Its Treatment 1
:More complex problems such as dyslexia (or as one child once said, lysdexia) may merit a variety of special interventions.
2003, Willow Polson, The Veil's Edge 2
2005, Stefan Koski, Miscellaneous Philosophy 3
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