battologizev.
/baˈtɒlədʒʌɪz/ 1. transitive. To keep repeating (a word or phrase).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > repeat > repeat needlessly
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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.
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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.
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