wordy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɝdi/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English wordy, woordi, from Old English wordiġ (“wordy, verbose”), equivalent to word + -y. Cognate with Icelandic orðigur (“wordy”).
Meanings
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Using an excessive number of words.
And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.
1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24:The story was long and very wordy.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| wordier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
wordiness · unwordy · wordily · overwordy
Synonyms
laconic · pleonastic · sesquipedalian · verbose · Wikipedia:Wordy
Translations (31)
de weitschweifig (using an excessive number of words) · tr sözü uzatan (using an excessive number of words) · ja くどい (using an excessive number of words) · ro prolix (using an excessive number of words) · cmn 冗長 /冗长 (using an excessive number of words) · ru многосло́вный (using an excessive number of words) · pt palavroso (using an excessive number of words) · cy geiriog (using an excessive number of words) · ja 饒舌な (using an excessive number of words) · de wortreich (using an excessive number of words) · ga foclach (using an excessive number of words) · mk го́ворен (using an excessive number of words) · fr verbeux (using an excessive number of words) · pl przegadany (using an excessive number of words) · haw hoʻonui ʻōlelo (using an excessive number of words) · de langatmig (using an excessive number of words) · ga teangach (using an excessive number of words) · pt prolixo (using an excessive number of words) · grc περισσολόγος (using an excessive number of words) · uk багатослі́вний (using an excessive number of words) · mk многугла́голив (using an excessive number of words) · pl rozwlekły (using an excessive number of words) · it prolisso (using an excessive number of words) · es verborrágico (using an excessive number of words) · enm wordy (using an excessive number of words) · ja くどくどしい (using an excessive number of words) · bg многосло́вен (using an excessive number of words) · mk ре́чев (using an excessive number of words) · cmn 囉嗦 /啰嗦 (using an excessive number of words) · la verbōsus (using an excessive number of words) · fi monisanainen (using an excessive number of words)