wordy

Significat (Anglès)

Using an excessive number of words.

Conceptes

verbós

prolix

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

verbeux

wortreich

prolisso

verboso

φλύαρος

weitschweifig

diffus

langatmig

verboso

langdradig

redondant

prolijo

prolixe

fastidieux

bavard

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈwɝdi/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: wordy

Heretat de anglès antic: wordiġ

Cognat amb islandès: orðigur

In summary

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