battology
noun
- wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /baˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/ / /bæˈtɑː.lə.d͡ʒi/
noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαττολογία (battología, “stammering speech”).
- Continual unnecessary reiteration of the same words, phrases, or ideas.
“Logomachy, battology, jingling of words, are all these fine speeches!”
“This sonorous balance of phrase and epithet cannot always escape what Milton himself calls "the heathenish battology of multiplying words."”