v. [f. ppl. stem of L. verbigerāre to talk, chat, f. verbi-, verbum word + gerĕre to conduct, carry on.]
† 1. intr. (See quot.) Obs.–0
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Verbigerate, to speak, to talk, to noise abroad.
2. Path. To go on repeating the same word or phrase in a meaningless fashion, as a symptom of mental disease.
1892. Tuke, Dict. Psychol. Med., II. 1355/1. The patient repeats in a verbigerating monotone the sentence, ‘Please, do give me the keys.’
Hence Verbigeration. Path.
1883. N. Y. Times, 19 Nov., 3/2. The radiance of a beginning lucidity breaks out, to be at once eclipsed by a quarter-page ‘verbigeration’ in the composite style of German literary art.
1891. in Cent. Dict.
1892. Tuke, Dict. Psychol. Med., II. 1355/1. Verbigeration is an abnormal and unnecessary repetition of words. Ibid., 1355/2. Verbigeration as a symptom, is not rare.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 345. Verbigeration has been noticed in some during the post-paroxysmal automatism.
