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battology

UK/baˈtɒl.ə.dʒi//bæˈtɑː.lə.d͡ʒi/

battology noun: continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas.

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
    • This sonorous balance of phrase and epithet cannot always escape what Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words."1900, Walter Alexander Raleigh, Milton, page 73

battology meaning in Tamil and Bengali

battology in Tamil

பயனின்றிக் கூறியது கூறல்

battology in Bengali

একই শব্দ, শব্দগুচ্ছ, ধারণার অবিরাম অপ্রয়োজনীয় পুনরাবৃত্তি

Examples of battology in a sentence

  • For Watt's sense of chronology was strong, in a way, and his dislike of battology was very strong.1959, Samuel Beckett, Watt, page 165:
  • “Battology” means pointlessly repeating the same thing over and over again.2004, “Bats”, in QI, season B, episode 9, Stephen Fry (actor):

Forms of battology

pluralbattologies

Origin of battology

From Ancient Greek βαττολογία (battología, “stammering speech”).

Questions about battology

What does battology mean?
Battology means continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas.
What is battology in Tamil?
Battology in Tamil is பயனின்றிக் கூறியது கூறல். See Battology meaning in Tamil.
How do you use battology in a sentence?
For Watt's sense of chronology was strong, in a way, and his dislike of battology was very strong.
What part of speech is battology?
Battology is a noun.
How do you pronounce battology?
Battology is pronounced /baˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of battology?
The plural of battology is battologies.

Words near battology in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: battology (page history and authors); battology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); battology (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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