verbosity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /vəˈbɒsəti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /vɚˈbɑsəti/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Middle French verbosité, from Late Latin verbōsitās. By surface analysis, verbose + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.
With Christie's words about "all-talk-no-action" in mind, notice that Obama and his two secretaries of state, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, as well as his vice president, Joe Biden, were all senators, the last two serving for two or three decades, respectively. Not forgetting the ill-fated secretary of defense, Senator Chuck Hagel. Their capacity for talking so much and saying so little is astonishing. Their verbosity is unpalatable.
2016 February 8, Marwan Bishara, “Why Obama fails the leadership test in the Middle East”, in Al Jazeera English:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| verbosities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
pleonasm · talkativeness · battology · tautology
Relateds
Synonyms
periphrase · periphrasis · wordiness · verbiage · long-windedness · ambages · logorrhoea · prolixity · circumlocution · long-windedness · logorrhea · verboseness · verbosity · prolixity · overwordiness · wordiness · perissology · verboseness
Translations (27)
sh преопширност (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · pt verborragia (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · cmn 冗句 (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · pt verbosidade (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · el απεραντολογία (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · de Weitschweifigkeit (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · fi liikasanaisuus (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · cy geiriogrwydd (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · ru многословность (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · nl breedsprakigheid (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · fr verbosité (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · de Verbosität (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · sv mångordighet (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · es palabrería (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · bg многословие (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · ja 冗句 (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · tr laf kalabalığı (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · nb ordrikhet (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · sv svammel (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · ka მრავალსიტყვიანობა (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · sh preopširnost (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · pl rozwlekłość (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · ga foclachas (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · it verbosità (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · el πολυλογία (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · hu bőbeszédűség (the excess use of words; long-windedness) · gl verbosidade (the excess use of words; long-windedness)