English Explanatory Dictionary

long-windedness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

long-windedness

Etymology

From long-winded + -ness.

Synonyms

longiloquence

Related words

ambages belabour circumlocution long-winded loquacity pleniloquence verbose

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