Wordishness

Wordishness
Wordish Word"ish, a. Respecting words; full of words; wordy. [R.] --Sir P. Sidney. -- {Word"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

The truth they hide by their dark woordishness. --Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster]


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