battology
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- battological adjective
- battologist noun
Etymology
Origin of battology
1595–1605; < Greek battología ( bátt ( os ) stammerer + -o- -o- + -logia -logy )
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Battology, bat-ol′o-ji, n. repetition in speech or writing.—adj.
From Project Gutenberg
This sonorous balance of phrase and epithet cannot always escape what Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words."
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Repetition -- N. repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm &c.
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Polylogy†, tautology, battology†, perissology†; pleonasm, exuberance, redundancy; thrice-told tale; prolixity; circumlocution, ambages†; periphrase†, periphrasis; roundabout phrases; episode; expletive; pennya-lining; richness &c.
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