long-windedness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English long-winded Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English long-windedness From long-winded + -ness.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity.
Relateds
verbose · ambages · circumlocution · loquacity · long-winded · pleniloquence · belabour
Synonyms
Translations (3)
de Langatmigkeit (the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity) · pl rozwlekłość (the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity) · el απεραντολογία (the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity)