long-windedness

See also: longwindedness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English long-winded

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English long-windedness

From long-winded + -ness.

Noun

long-windedness (uncountable)

1. The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity.

Synonyms

• longiloquence

Related terms

• ambages
• belabour
• circumlocution
• long-winded
• loquacity
• pleniloquence
• verbose

Translations

the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity

• German: Langatmigkeit f
• Greek: απεραντολογία (el) f (aperantología)
• Polish: rozwlekłość (pl) f