prolixness
11diffusion — n 1. dispersion, dissipation, dissipativi ty, circumfusion, spreading; scatteredness, scattering, strewing, bestrewing, sowing; dissemination, propagation, distribution, dispensation, circulation; effusion, effusiveness, radiation. 2. verbosity,… …
12gibberish — n 1. jabber, Jabberwocky, chatter, prattle, cackle, gibber; babble, babblement, prate, tattle, twaddle; patter, gabble, blather; jargon, gobbledegook, nonsense, hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo, abracadabra, open sesame; babbling, Fr. bavardage; humbug,… …
13gobbledegook — n 1. obfuscation, confusion, complexity, buzz word; educationese, computerese, academese, bureaucratese, legalese, medicalese; wordiness, verbosity, prolixity, prolixness, verbiage, verbalism; diffuseness, profuseness, profusiveness, effusion,… …
14hocus-pocus — n 1. mumbo jumbo, abracadabra, open sesame, magic word, magic formula; incantation, chant, invocation, conjuration, conjuring, evocation. 2. juggler s trick, jugglery, sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation, Brit. hanky panky; feint,… …
15incantation — n 1. chant, chanting, invocation, conjuration, summoning; magic formula, hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo, magic word, abracadabra, open sesame; jinx, hex, adverse influence. 2. spell, charm, rune, Scot. cantrip, enchantment, bewitchment, bedevilment;… …
16length — n 1. linear extent, reach, span, measure, distance lengthwise, Geog. longitude; measurement, dimension, proportion, size, magnitude. 2. duration, length of time. 3.(all of a certain extent) piece, portion, section, measure. 4. longness,… …
17nimiety — n excess, overabundance, superabundance, overplus, extra, spare, surplus, surplusage, superflux; flood, deluge, inundation, profusion, abundance, cornucopia, horn of plenty; surfeit, glut, plethora, overflow, overload, oversupply, more than… …
18padding — n 1. pad, stuffing, wadding, filling, fiber fill, filler, lining, Obs. bombast; wrapping, wrapper, wrapping paper; packing, packing material, shredded newspaper, tissue paper, Trademark. Styrofoam, Chem. polystyrene, plastic bubbles. 2. verbiage …
19rhetoric — n 1. eloquence, power of speech, appeal, forcefulness, expressiveness, cogency; elocution, diction, articulation, enunciation, intonation, vocalization, address, delivery; command of words, way with words, Inf. gift of gab, Archaic. facundity;… …
20turgidity — n 1. swelling, bloatedness, puffiness, turgescence, tumidity, intumescence, tumefaction, ballooning; distention, expansion, extension, enlargement; dilation, dilatation, inflation, Pathol. aneurysm, Pathol. varix. 2. bombast, grandiosity,… …
