单词 | battologize |
释义 | battologizev. 1. transitive. To keep repeating (a word or phrase). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > repeat > repeat needlessly battologize1634 1634 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (1677) 191 Battologizing the names Allough Whoddaw and Mohumet very often. 2. intransitive. To repeat words or phrases with needless iteration; to multiply words. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > use needless repetition tautologize1608 battologize1712 1712 P. King Enq. Constit. Primitive Church (1713) i. ii. 37 When we pray, let us not battologise. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xlvii. 480 Do not Battologize in your Prayers, says our Saviour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1634 |
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