| paraphrasia |
| Definition: Incoherent or disordered speech. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek para, beside or near, and phrasis, way of speaking. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation is from 1878: "This phenomenon … should be classed as paralogia and paraphrasia." (tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 816) |