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battologize

battologize verb: to keep repeating needlessly; to iterate.

Verb

battologize (third-person singular simple present battologizes, present participle battologizing, simple past and past participle battologized)

  1. To keep repeating needlessly; to iterate.
    • after they have battologized Lla y-lala, or Hilula, i.e. Praises, they iterate another to this effect1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC

Forms of battologize

third-person singular presentbattologizes
present participlebattologizing
past participlebattologized
pastbattologized

Origin of battologize

From battology + -ize.

Questions about battologize

What does battologize mean?
Battologize means to keep repeating needlessly; to iterate.
What part of speech is battologize?
Battologize is a verb.
What is the past tense of battologize?
The past tense of battologize is battologized.

Words near battologize in the dictionary

  1. battologising
  2. battologism
  3. battologisms
  4. battologist
  5. battologists
  6. battologize
  7. battologized
  8. battologizes
  9. battologizing
  10. battology
  11. batton

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