wordiness
91fustian — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, ranting, pomposity; see euphuism , wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bombastic, pompous, pretentious, extravagant, grandiose, lofty. ANT.: understated, low key III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …
92periphrasis — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. circumlocution, ambiguity, evasion; see wordiness …
93profuseness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Plenty] Syn. abundance, surplus, affluence; see plenty . 2. [Verbosity] Syn. prolixity, verbiage, grandiloquence; see wordiness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy …
94tautological — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. repetitious, redundant, reiterative, pleonastic; see illogical . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by repetition and excessive wordiness: circumlocutionary, roundabout. See REPETITION, WORDS …
95verbosely — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bombastically, wordily, lengthily, oratorically, talkatively, expansively, redundantly, pleonastically, tirelessly, tiresomely, grandiloquently, longwindedly, episodically, maudlinly, clumsily, crudely, extravagantly, in… …
96circumlocutionary — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by repetition and excessive wordiness: roundabout, tautological. See REPETITION, WORDS …
97EXCESS — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index excess noun excess (2), surplus, wordiness adjective excessive, extravagant, heavy, profuse, superfluous, wordy verb …
98long-windedness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, word age, wordiness. See EXCESS, STYLE …
99prolixity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, long windedness, pleonasm, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness. See EXCESS,… …
100STYLE — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index good style noun bearing, class, elegance, fashion, gravity, poetry, taste adjective brief, elegant …
