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Webster 1913 Edition

Battology

Bat-tol′o-gy

(băt-tŏl′lō̍-jy̆)

,

Noun.

[F.

battologie

, fr. Gr.

βαττολογία

;

βάττος

; a stammerer +

λόγοσ

speech.]

A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Battology

BATTOL'OGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. from Barros, a garrulous person, and discourse.]

A needless repetition of woods in speaking.