battology
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Origin of battology
1595–1605; < Greek battología ( bátt ( os ) stammerer + -o- -o- + -logia -logy )
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Repetition -- N. repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
This sonorous balance of phrase and epithet cannot always escape what Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words."
From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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