wordishadj.

Brit.

/ˈwəːdɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈwərdɪʃ/

Forms: see word n. and -ish suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: word n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < word n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare wordy adj.

rare after 17th cent.

†1. Consisting in or concerned with (mere) words; verbal. Cf. wordy adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > consisting of or expressed in words

verbal1447

wordisha1586

wordy1592

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. D3 A perfect picture I say, for hee yeeldeth to the powers of the minde, an image of that whereof the Philosopher bestoweth but a woordish description.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. L1 Both [Poetry and Oratory] haue such an affinity in this wordish consideration.

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 36 Blundering the plainest truths with multitudes of wordish evasions.

1675 J. Crowne Calisto v. 73 All wordish praise she is so much above, That Eloquence would Prophanation prove.

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 454 To make the Doctrine of Words to be a..part of Philosophy, is to make Philosophy Wordish.

2. Using, or containing, an excess of words; verbose; = wordy adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > verbose

wordyOE

of many wordsc1350

windya1382

diffused?a1475

word-dearthing1593

verbosious1601

worded1602

wordish1604

diffuse1612

wording1615

diffusive1624

verbose1665

baggy1866

talky1937

waffling1945

1604 A. Scoloker Daiphantus Argt. More desirous to be thought honest, then so to be wordish beyond discretion.

a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 19 I have made my story too wordish;..I should have pared much away.

1826 Wilhelmina ii. ii. 22 A quite wordish young youth, as it were.

1972 Rev. Eng. Stud. 23 243 Only once does it desert images for wordish description.

Derivatives

† ˈwordishly adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > verbosely

diffuselya1425

verboselya1425

wordily1522

diffusedly1568

discoursively1610

wordishly1657

diffusively1787

verbose1791

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 26 Loquacity, that is, voluntary talking wordishly without a syllable of sense.

1676 A. Cotton Let. in P. Force Tracts (1836) I. 286 Thus Sr. have I rendered you an account of our late troubles in Verginia, which I have performed too wordishly; but I did not know how to help it.

ˈwordishness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > verbosity

multiplicationa1500

surplusage1534

verbosity1541

wordishness1657

wordiness1680

verboseness1695

verbiagea1721

verbage1742

palaverment1816

tootling1821

tootle1883

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 390 The emptie wordishnes in his ‘Reply’.

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 286 All the Wordishness, and empty Disputes among Trivial Philosophers.

1992 M. R. G. Spiller Devel. Sonnet vii. 114 Joined to these is the figure of repetition..which, by drawing attention like the other figures to the wordishness of words, destabilises the meaning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wordish
释义	wordishadj. Brit. /ˈwəːdɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈwərdɪʃ/ Forms: see word n. and -ish suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: word n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < word n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare wordy adj. rare after 17th cent. †1. Consisting in or concerned with (mere) words; verbal. Cf. wordy adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > consisting of or expressed in words verbal1447 wordisha1586 wordy1592 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. D3 A perfect picture I say, for hee yeeldeth to the powers of the minde, an image of that whereof the Philosopher bestoweth but a woordish description. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. L1 Both [Poetry and Oratory] haue such an affinity in this wordish consideration. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 36 Blundering the plainest truths with multitudes of wordish evasions. 1675 J. Crowne Calisto v. 73 All wordish praise she is so much above, That Eloquence would Prophanation prove. 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 454 To make the Doctrine of Words to be a..part of Philosophy, is to make Philosophy Wordish. 2. Using, or containing, an excess of words; verbose; = wordy adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > verbose wordyOE of many wordsc1350 windya1382 diffused?a1475 word-dearthing1593 verbosious1601 worded1602 wordish1604 diffuse1612 wording1615 diffusive1624 verbose1665 baggy1866 talky1937 waffling1945 1604 A. Scoloker Daiphantus Argt. More desirous to be thought honest, then so to be wordish beyond discretion. a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 19 I have made my story too wordish;..I should have pared much away. 1826 Wilhelmina ii. ii. 22 A quite wordish young youth, as it were. 1972 Rev. Eng. Stud. 23 243 Only once does it desert images for wordish description. Derivatives † ˈwordishly adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > verbosely diffuselya1425 verboselya1425 wordily1522 diffusedly1568 discoursively1610 wordishly1657 diffusively1787 verbose1791 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 26 Loquacity, that is, voluntary talking wordishly without a syllable of sense. 1676 A. Cotton Let. in P. Force Tracts (1836) I. 286 Thus Sr. have I rendered you an account of our late troubles in Verginia, which I have performed too wordishly; but I did not know how to help it. ˈwordishness n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > verbosity multiplicationa1500 surplusage1534 verbosity1541 wordishness1657 wordiness1680 verboseness1695 verbiagea1721 verbage1742 palaverment1816 tootling1821 tootle1883 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 390 The emptie wordishnes in his ‘Reply’. 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 286 All the Wordishness, and empty Disputes among Trivial Philosophers. 1992 M. R. G. Spiller Devel. Sonnet vii. 114 Joined to these is the figure of repetition..which, by drawing attention like the other figures to the wordishness of words, destabilises the meaning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1586
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