battologize

[buh-tol-uh-jahyz]

verb (used with object), bat·tol·o·gized, bat·tol·o·giz·ing.

to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively.

verb (used without object), bat·tol·o·gized, bat·tol·o·giz·ing.

(of writing or speaking) to repeat words, phrases, etc., to an excessive and tiresome degree.

Also especially British, bat·tol·o·gise.

Origin of battologize

First recorded in 1625–35; battolog(y) + -ize

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