Battologist
wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
n.
“needless repetition in speaking or writing,” c.1600, from Greek battologia “a speaking stammeringly,” from battos “stammerer,” of imitative origin, + -logia (see -logy).
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a beat. a measure.
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a beat. a measure.
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a seaport in and the capital of Adzharistan, in the SW Georgian Republic, on the Black Sea. an autonomous region in SW Georgia, bordered by Turkey and the Black Sea. 1,120 sq. mi. (2,900 sq. km). Capital: Batumi.