† battismn.
Obsolete. rare.
Tautological repetition; = battology n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > repetition > needless repetition
tautology1555
battologya1603
battism1617
tautologizing1645
overbeating1659
tautologism1817
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. i. v. 198 The frequencie of repeating it, to which his Battismes..and his abhominable Crambes giue the only occasion.
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