Hypertext Webster Gateway: "verbosity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Verbosity \Ver*bos"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Verbosities}. [L. verbositas:
cf. F. verbosit['e].]
The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words
than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and
verbosity of his style. --Jeffrey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
verbosity
n : an expressive style that uses excessive words [syn: {verboseness}]
[ant: {terseness}]
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