Perissology

//pɛ.ɹɪˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness. countable, uncountable

    "The reason assigned for saying koran and not alcoran, is truly curious. Al, say they, is the Arabic article, and signifies the; consequently, if we should say the alcoran, we should fall into a gross perissology. It is just as if we said the the book."

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logorrheaverbosity

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"The reason assigned for saying koran and not alcoran, is truly curious. Al, say they, is the Arabic article, and signifies the; consequently, if we should say the alcoran, we should fall into a gross perissology. It is just as if we said the the book."

Etymology

Latin perissologia, from Ancient Greek περισσός.

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long windedness

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