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verbosity

/vəˈbɒsəti/noun
High School
1

The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.

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ambagescircumlocutionlogorrhealogorrhoealong-windednessoverwordinessperiphraseperiphrasisperissologyprolixityverbiageverbosenessverbositywordiness

Antonyms

succinctness

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;beating around the bushchattinessdiarrhea of the mouthdictiongarrulitygarrulousnesslongiloquenceloquaciousnessloquacity

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