irreg. comb. form of L. verbum word, employed in a few nonce-words, as verbotomical, verbotomist, verbotomy.
Also, in recent use, verbomania, -maniac.
1802. (title) Hints to Legislators, by W. P. Russel, Verbotomist.
1804. W. P. Russel (title), Verbotomical Spelling-book. Ibid. (1805) (title), Verbotomy, or a classical improved vocabulary … of the English language.
1857. Christian Repository (Montpelier, VT), 22 Jan., 2/7. Our good old Anglo-Saxon English is daily abused by many who seek to shine in this fanciful way. This style, which is so rife, we must denominate Verbomania.
