wordy

Betekenis (Engels)

Using an excessive number of words.

Sinonieme

verbose

long-winded

prolix

diffuse

loquacious

garrulous

talkative

tedious

chatty

oral

discursive

voluble

windy

lengthy

redundant

gabby

circumlocutional

blabbering

tittle tattling

verbalistic

longiloquent

expletive

gushy

literary

long

meddlesome

pesky

prosy

repetitious

roundabout

superfluous

tattletale

troublesome

verbal

verbalizing

yapping

Vertalings

verbeux

wortreich

prolisso

φλύαρος

weitschweifig

verboso

prolijo

langdradig

diffus

langatmig

verbós

redondant

verboso

bavard

weitläufig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈwɝdi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wordy

Geërf van Old English: wordiġ

Verwante met Yslands: orðigur

In summary

From Middle English wordy, woordi, from Old English wordiġ (“wordy, verbose”), equivalent to word + -y. Cognate with Icelandic orðigur (“wordy”).