Definition of verbigeration

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ver·big·er·a·tion    (vr-bj-rshn) KEY  

NOUN:

Obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin verbigertus, past participle of verbigerre, to chat, dispute, from *verbiger, carrying words : verbum, word ; see verb + gerere, to carry

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