verbosity

American  

[ver-bos-i-tee] / vərˈbɒs ɪ ti /

noun

1. the state or quality of being verbose; superfluity of words; wordiness.

   His speeches were always marred by verbosity.

   Synonyms:

   turgidity, redundancy, prolixity

   Antonyms:

   pithiness, terseness

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Other Word Forms

• nonverbosity noun

Etymology

Origin of verbosity

From the Late Latin word verbōsitās, dating back to 1535–45. See verbose, -ity

Example Sentences

Nuzzi describes the grief she feels over this betrayal, but from a distance, shrouded in verbosity.

From Los Angeles Times

Its sportscasters are more judicious with their verbosity this time around too.

From Salon

Russians are used to his history lessons, she went on, but American viewers “must be going nuts with all this historical verbosity.”

From New York Times

The differences, of course, are my unimpeachable taste and my extreme verbosity, neither of which I make any apology for.

From Los Angeles Times

It's that incredible thing that I'm sure is John Williams, where it's like, "OK, how do we communicate? We have to communicate on a musical level if we don't understand the verbosity of another species."

From Salon