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Verbosity

The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.

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Circumlocution 76% connected

The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.

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Periphrasis 76% connected

See Periphrase.

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Pleonasm 76% connected

Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes.

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Prolixity 76% connected

The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings.

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Prolixness 76% connected

Prolixity.

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Verbalism 76% connected

Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.

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Verbiage 76% connected

The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.

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Windiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season.

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Wordiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness.

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Verbose 74% connected

Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a ve…

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Verbose 74% connected

Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a ve…

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