verbosity
The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precisionThe excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.
» He was a very kind man, but his verbosity was exasperating.
Er war ein sehr netter Mann, aber sein Geschwätz konnte einem auf den Zeiger gehen.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.
Verbosität, Weitschweifigkeit
многословностьmnogoslovnostʹ
- an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
Examples
2 sentencesHe was a very kind man, but his verbosity was exasperating.
deEr war ein sehr netter Mann, aber sein Geschwätz konnte einem auf den Zeiger gehen.
Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, psittaceous vacuity, ventriloquial verbosity, and vaniloquent vapidity.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French verbosité, from Late Latin verbōsitās. By surface analysis, verbose + -From Middle French verbosité, from Late Latin verbōsitās. By surface analysis, verbose + -ity.
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Forms
plural: verbosities| Singular | verbosity |
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Synonyms
14 synonyms- an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words:verboseness
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable