wordiness

  • 11wordiness — noun boring verbosity • Syn: ↑prolixity, ↑prolixness, ↑windiness, ↑long windedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑long winded (for: ↑long windedness), ↑ …

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  • 12pleonasm — 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 …

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  • 13verbiage — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. repetition, verbosity, prolixity, loquacity; see wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. wordiness, long windedness, prolixity, verbosity, logorrhea, repetition, redundancy, loquacity, tautology. ANT.: concision,… …

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  • 14verbosity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. circumlocution, loquacity, garrulity, prolixity; see wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. wordiness, long windedness, prolixity, tautology, loquaciousness. Shooting without aiming. William Benham. Superfluous breath …

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  • 15verbose — adjective Etymology: Latin verbosus, from verbum Date: 1672 1. containing more words than necessary ; wordy < a verbose reply >; also impaired by wordiness < a verbose style > 2. given to wordiness < a verbose …

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  • 16circumlocution — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. paraphrase, periphrasis, indirection. See avoidance, diffuseness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. periphrasis, verbal evasion, redundancy, rambling; see wordiness . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY&#8230; …

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  • 17garrulity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. loquacity, wordiness, prolixity, verbosity. Ant., taciturnity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. loquacity, wordiness, verbosity, glibness, grandiloquence, talkativeness, chattiness, garrulousness, volubility,&#8230; …

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  • 18redundancy — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. verbosity, tautology, superfluity; see excess , repetition , wordiness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, long windedness,&#8230; …

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  • 19verbiage — verbiage, redundancy, tautology, pleonasm, circumlocution, periphrasis are comparable when they denote a fault of style or a form or mode of expression involving the use of too many words. Verbiage may imply delight in words for their own sake&#8230; …

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  • 20παγγλωσσίᾳ — παγγλωσσίαι , παγγλωσσία wordiness fem nom/voc pl παγγλωσσίᾱͅ , παγγλωσσία wordiness fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic) …

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