Verbosity

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  • n. The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision; long-windedness
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state or character of being verbose: employment of a superabundance of words; the use of more words than are necessary; wordiness; prolixity: said either of a speaker or writer, or of what is said or written.
  • n. Synonyms Verbiage, etc. See pleonasm.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    style    expressive style   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prolixity    wordiness    verbiage    verboseness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    prolixity    pleonasm    purism    circumlocution    verbiage    bombast    imitativeness    improbity    indefiniteness    fraudulence   
     
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