perissology

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perissology

/pɛ.ɹɪˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/

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From Latin perissologia, from Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd, uneven”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, perisso- + logy or periss- + -ology.

noun perissologies

countable, uncountable Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness. The reason assigned for saying koran and not alcoran, is truly curious. Al, say they, is the Arabic article, and signifies the; consequently, if we should say the alcoran, we should fall into a gross perissology. It is just as if we said the the book.

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@misc{perissology_2026,
  title = {perissology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/perissology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}