battology

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Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words."

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  1. Idle talk or babbling; a needless repetition of words in speaking. [With reference to Mat. vi. 7.] That heathenish battology of multiplying words. Milton, Def. of Humb. Remonst. Mere surplusage of battology. Prynne, Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists, ii. 67.

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  • Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words." —  Milton
 

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  1. from Greek βαττολογία, from βαττολόγος, a stammerer, from βάττος, a stammerer (used only as a proper name), + λέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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