| 单词 | long-windedness |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong-ˈwindedness long-ˈwindedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > speaking at great length or tedious lengthiness long-windedness1648 longiloquence1836 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity prolixityc1395 tediouste?a1412 diffusiona1413 diffuseness1474 tediousness?a1475 largeness1547 longness1587 prolixness?1590 length1597 longanimity1607 tediositya1625 wire-drawing1640 longinquity1641 long-windedness1648 diffusivenessa1719 sprawling1822 longsomeness1834 ramblingness1835 lengthsomeness1849 bagginess1860 lengthiness1863 governmentese1907 1648 J. Goodwin Νεοϕυτοπρεσβυτερος 96 You complain of long-windednesse in my stile. 1729 Ess. Pere Daniel's Hist. France 36 Some fall into a long-windedness at the same time that they study brevity. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. ii. 230 [They] make known, not without longwindedness, the determinations of the royal breast. 1874 A. Helps Social Pressure (1875) vii. 82 I hate long-windedness as much as you do..; but I cannot call good similes and metaphors padding. 1949 Life 12 Sept. 160/1 He came back from his reconnaissance convinced that neither sex has a monopoly on longwindedness. 2005 D. Hare Obed., Struggle & Revolt 1 Even a child knows to associate the word ‘lecture’ with adult superiority, long-windedness and boredom. < as lemmas |
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