long-windedness

See also: longwindedness

English

Etymology

From long-winded +‎ -ness.

Noun

long-windedness (uncountable)

1. The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity.

Synonyms

• longiloquence

Related terms

• ambages
• belabour
• circumlocution
• loquacity
• long-winded
• pleniloquence
• verbose

Translations

the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity

• German: Langatmigkeit f
• Greek: απεραντολογία (el) f (aperantología)