Perissological
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Redundant or excessive in words. rare
"We skated out tangents and cotangents of majestic circles, together with signs and wonders, versed, inversed, and reversed, which it would be perissological to enumerate."
- 2 Serving to reinforce a message; having strong associations.
"But these are changes that would modify neither the sets of values expressed in a perissological way nor the non-verbal communication that takes place around the artefact in question."
Example
More examples"We skated out tangents and cotangents of majestic circles, together with signs and wonders, versed, inversed, and reversed, which it would be perissological to enumerate."
Etymology
Compare French périssologique.
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