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macrology|mæˈkrɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. L. macrologia, a. Gr. µακρολογία, f. µακρολόγος speaking at length, f. µακρό-ς long + -λόγος speaking.]
a. As a rhetorical figure: The use of redundant words or phrases.
b. gen. Prolixity of speech.
[1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1595) 82 Macrologia where a clause is finally added to the matter going before, in seeming more then needed.] 1616Bullokar Eng. Expos., Macrologie, long and tedious talke. 1656Blount Glossogr., Macrology, prolixity in speaking. 1727Pope, etc. Art of Sinking 105 The Macrology and Pleonasm are as generally coupled, as a lean rabbit with a fat one. |