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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.
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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.
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