verbigeration

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Thus the affected, silly behavior, impulsive actions, temporary verbigeration, senseless word salad, grimacing, stereotypy, attitudinizing, etc., which these patients exhibit, may easily be mistaken for the typical catatonic picture of dementia præcox.

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  1. noun Obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

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  • Thus the affected, silly behavior, impulsive actions, temporary verbigeration, senseless word salad, grimacing, stereotypy, attitudinizing, etc., which these patients exhibit, may easily be mistaken for the typical catatonic picture of dementia præcox. —  Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
 

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  1. From Latin verbigerātus, past participle of verbigerāre, to chat, dispute, from *verbiger, carrying words : verbum, word; see verb + gerere, to carry.

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  1. from Late Latin verbigere, talk, chat, dispute, from Latin verbum, a word, + gerere, bear about, carry.
 

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