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battology|bæˈtɒlədʒɪ| Also 7 -logie, -logee. [ad. Gr. βαττολογία vain repetition, n. of quality f. βαττολόγος: see battological.] A needless and tiresome repetition in speaking or writing.
a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 142 The Marginall notes..are meere Battologies of loathsome repetitions. 1765Tucker Lt. Nat. II. 440 We are warned against the battology or vain repetitions of the heathens. 1818Southey in Q. Rev. XIX. 96 Away then with..the battology of statistics. |