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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Verbositá

Pronunciation / Transliteration: verboziˈta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wordiness/ˈwɜːr.di.nəs/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La verbosità del rapporto ha reso difficile comprendere i punti principali."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being verbose or using more words than necessary.

    "The report was criticized for its wordiness, making it difficult to understand the main points."
  2. 2

    An instance of excessive use of words.

    "The essay's wordiness detracted from its overall effectiveness."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the late Middle English word 'wordy', originating from Old English 'wordig', combined with the suffix '-ness' denoting a state or quality. The term evolved to describe the stylistic fault of using more words than necessary to convey a meaning.

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