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verbo-|ˈvɜːbəʊ| irreg. comb. form of L. verbum word, employed in a few nonce-words, as verboˈmania (also verbo-ˈmaniac), verboˈtomical, verˈbotomist, verˈbotomy.
1802(title), Hints to Legislators, by W. P. Russel, Verbotomist. 1804W. P. Russel (title), Verbotomical Spelling-book. 1805― (title), Verbotomy, or a classical improved vocabulary..of the English language. 1923Ogden & Richards Meaning of Meaning ii. 89 A veritable orgy of verbomania. 1977J. Garvin in D. Ó Muirithe Eng. Lang. in Ireland 112 Finnegans Wake abounds in Anglo-Irish idiom..but it is subsumed into..‘slanguage’ which leaves the book adrift in a polyglottic sea of verbomania. |