VERBIGERATE

Verb

verbigerate (third-person singular simple present verbigerates, present participle verbigerating, simple past and past participle verbigerated)

(intransitive) To repeat meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness.

(intransitive, obsolete) To talk; to chat.

Source: Wiktionary


Ver*big"er*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. -ated; p. pr. & vb. n. -ating.] [L. verbigerate, -atum, to talk.]

1. To talk; chat. [Obs.]

2. (Med.) To repeat a word or sentence, in speaking or writing, without wishing to do so or in spite of efforts to cease. -- Ver*big`er*a"tion (#), n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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