Verbosity

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or character of being verbose: employment of a superabundance of words; the use of more words than are necessary; wordiness; prolixity: said either of a speaker or writer, or of what is said or written.
  • noun. Synonyms Verbiage, etc. See pleonasm.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision; long-windedness
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  • noun. an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words