a. [f. Gr. βαττολόγος a stammerer, one who repeats himself needlessly + -ICAL. The Gr. word is f. the personal name Βάττος (see the story in Herodotus, IV. 155) + -λογος speaking, speaker.] Given to battology.
1863. C. Reade, Hard Cash, II. xiv. 200. The battological author.
