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verbosity|vəˈbɒsɪtɪ|
Also 6 verbositee, 6–7 -tie.
[a. F. verbosité (16th cent.), or ad. L. (post-classical) verbōsitas, f. verbōsus verbose a. Cf. It. verbosità, Sp. verbosidad, Pg. -idade.]
The state or quality of being verbose; superfluity of words; wordiness, prolixity.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 74 b, Diogenes noted Plato of unmesurable verbositee. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. i. 18 He draweth out the thred of his verbositie, finer then the staple of his argument. a1610Healey Theophrastus (1636) 29 Seeking the like occasions of pratling and verbosity. 1649Milton Eikon. ix. Wks. 1851 III. 397 It were an endless work to walk side by side with the Verbosity of this Chapter. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 373 But O! the Verbosity of thy Writings! 1781F. Burney Diary May, He gave his opinion..with an emptiness and verbosity, that rendered the whole dispute..ridiculous. 1837Hallam Hist. Lit. i. ii. §31 Vitello, avoiding the tediousness of Arabian verbosity, is far more readable than Alhazen. 1898Bodley France II. iii. iv. 197 A high standard of style is a check on rash verbosity.
b. With pl. An instance of this.
1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. 116 These Verbosities emasculate the understanding, and render it slight and frivolous. |