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noun
The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: verbosity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
boring verbosity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: prolixity, prolixness, windiness, long-windedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: verboseness, verbosity
Narrower terms: turgidity, turgidness, flatulence
History
Etymology tree English wordy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English wordiness From wordy + -ness.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
