Dictionary

perissology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɛ.ɹɪˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

From Latin perissologia, from Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd, uneven”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, perisso- + logy or periss- + -ology.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness.
   • The reason assigned for saying koran and not alcoran, is truly curious. Al, say they, is the Arabic article, and signifies the; consequently, if we should say the alcoran, we should fall into a gross perissology. It is just as if we said the the book. 1776, George Campbell, The Philosophy of Rhetoric:

Forms

Relateds

perissological