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battologies

battologies is the plural of battology.

Meaning of battology

Noun

battology (countable and uncountable, plural battologies)

  1. Continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas.
    • Logomachy, battology, jingling of words, are all these fine speeches!1856, Henry Sutherland Edwards, Louis de Lom̂aenie, de Louis Léonard Loménie, Beaumarchais and His Times: Sketches of French Society in the Eighteenth Century, page 278

Questions about battologies

What is battologies the plural of?
Battologies is the plural of battology.

Words near battologies in the dictionary

  1. battling out
  2. battlings
  3. battner
  4. battners
  5. battological
  6. battologies
  7. battologise
  8. battologised
  9. battologises
  10. battologising
  11. battologism

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