| 单词 |
battologize |
| 释义 |
battologize, v.|-lədʒaɪz| Also 8 -ise. [f. as prec. + -ize; cf. Gr. βαττολογέ-ειν.] 1. trans. To keep repeating (a word or phrase).
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 191 Battologizing the names Allough Whoddaw and Mohumet very often. 2. intr. To repeat words or phrases with needless iteration; to multiply words.
1712Sir P. King Const. Prim. Ch. i. ii. (1713) 37 When we pray, let us not battologise. a1716Bp. O. Blackall Wks. 1723 I. 480 Do not Battologize in your prayers, says Our Saviour. |

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