perissology
Meanings
noun
- Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness.
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Etymology
From Latin perissologia, from Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd, uneven”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, perisso- + logy or periss- + -ology.
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