PARROTRY

Etymology

Noun

parrotry (usually uncountable, plural parrotries)

Thoughtless imitation or repetition of someone else's words or sayings; mindless repetition. [from 18th c.]

Source: Wiktionary


Par"rot*ry, n.

Definition: Servile imitation or repetition. [R.] Coleridge. "The supine parrotry." Fitzed. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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