perissology

noun

Roget 573: diffuseness etc. adj.; amplification etc. v.; dilating etc. v.; verbosity, verbiage, cloud of words, copia verborum [Lat.]; flow of words etc. (loquacity) 584; looseness.    Polylogy^†, tautology, battology^†, perissology^†; pleonasm, exuberance, redundancy; thrice-told tale; prolixity; circumlocution, ambages^†; periphrase^†, periphrasis; roundabout phrases; episode; expletive; pennya-lining; richness etc. 577.    ... show more

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