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battologizing

battologizing is the present participle and gerund of battologize.

Meaning of battologize

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

Questions about battologizing

What is battologizing the present participle and gerund of?
Battologizing is the present participle and gerund of battologize.

Words near battologizing in the dictionary

  1. battologist
  2. battologists
  3. battologize
  4. battologized
  5. battologizes
  6. battologizing
  7. battology
  8. batton
  9. battons
  10. Battowia
  11. Battramsley

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