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verbosity - 3 dictionary results

ver⋅bos⋅i⋅ty

[ver-bos-i-tee]
–noun
the state or quality of being verbose; superfluity of words; wordiness: His speeches were always marred by verbosity.

Origin:
1535–45; < LL verbōsitās. See verbose, -ity


prolixity, redundancy, turgidity.


terseness, pithiness.
ver·bose   (vər-bōs')   
adj.  Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy. See Synonyms at wordy.

[Middle English *verbous, from Latin verbōsus, from verbum, word; see verb.]
ver·bose'ly adv., ver·bose'ness, ver·bos'i·ty (-bŏs'ĭ-tē) n.

Verbosity

Ver*bos"i*ty\, n.; pl. Verbosities. [L. verbositas: cf. F. verbosit['e].] The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.

The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and verbosity of his style. --Jeffrey.
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