Diffuseness
11pleonasm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. redundance, verbosity, diffuseness, tautology, superfluity, circumlocution, wordiness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. redundancy, verbiage, circumlocution; see repetition , wordiness . III (Roget s Thesaurus …
12wordiness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. redundance, redundancy, diffuseness, circumlocution, repetition, verbiage, verbosity, turgidity, prolixity, tautology, indirectness, periphrasis, flow of words, rhetoric, fullness, pleonasm, copiousness, bombast,… …
13Repetition — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Repetition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 iteration iteration reiteration harping recurrence succession run Sgm: N 1 battology battology tautology Sgm: N 1 monotony monotony tautophony …
14Copiousness — Co pi*ous*ness, n. The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style. [1913 Webster] To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden. Syn: Abudance; plenty; richness; exuberance. [1913 Webster] …
15Diffusiveness — Dif*fu sive*ness, n. The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity. [1913 Webster] The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its… …
16Prolix — Pro*lix (?; 277), a. [L. prolixus extended, long, prolix, probably fr. pro before, forward + liqui to flow, akin to liquidus liquid; cf. OL. lixa water: cf. F. prolixe. See {Liquid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Extending to a great length; unnecessarily… …
17Verbosities — Verbosity Ver*bos i*ty, n.; pl. {Verbosities}. [L. verbositas: cf. F. verbosit[ e].] The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage. [1913 Webster] The worst fault, by far, is the… …
18Verbosity — Ver*bos i*ty, n.; pl. {Verbosities}. [L. verbositas: cf. F. verbosit[ e].] The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage. [1913 Webster] The worst fault, by far, is the extreme… …
19diffusion — noun Date: 14th century 1. the action of diffusing ; the state of being diffused 2. prolixity, diffuseness 3. a. the process whereby particles of liquids, gases, or solids intermingle as the result of their spontaneous movement caused by …
20diffuse — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere to spread out, from dis + fundere to pour more at found Date: 15th century 1. being at once verbose and ill organized 2. not concentrated or localized <… …
