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battology

noun

  1. wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /baˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/ / /bæˈtɑː.lə.d͡ʒi/

noun

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

  1. 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."