verbosity
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verbosity
- /vəˈbɒsəti/ UK
- /vɚˈbɑsəti/ US
Rhymes with -ɒsɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle French verbosité, from Late Latin verbōsitās. By surface analysis, verbose + -ity.
noun verbosities
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The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.
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Similar: long-windedness, verboseness, wordiness, verbiage, prolixity, ambages, circumlocution, logorrhea, logorrhoea, overwordiness, periphrase, periphrasis
Opposite: succinctness
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noun
Opposite: succinctness
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noun the excess use of words; long-windedness
| Español | palabrería |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 冗句 jōku |
| 中文 | 冗句 rǒngjù |
| Português | verbosidade, verborragia |
| Français | verbosité |
| Deutsch | Verbosität, Weitschweifigkeit |
| Italiano | verbosità |
| Ελληνικά | πολυλογία polylogía, απεραντολογία aperantología |
| Русский | многословность mnogoslovnostʹ |
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