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Meaning Battology Buh Tol Uh Jee Noun Wearisome Repetition Words Speaking

The noun "battology" refers to the weary repetition of words in speaking or writing.

Substantivet "battology" beskriver en tröttsam upprepning av ord i tal eller skrift.

Back battology \buh-TOL-uh-jee\
Front
noun
Wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.

[Battology entered English in the late 1500s from the Greek word battologia meaning "speaking stammeringly" from battos meaning "stammerer" and -logia meaning "one who speaks (in a certain manner)."]

They weren't political or surrealist, they weren't witty or comic. They were only the monotonous evidence of a civic battology. - George Friel, Mr Alfred M.A., 1972

I kept volleying this along the walls of my skull, aspiring by battology to battle. - Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang, 1994

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