wordy

Betekenis (Engels)

Using an excessive number of words.

Concepten

langdradig

saai

omslachtig

geestdodend

woordenrijk

langwijlig

langdraadig

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

verbeux

wortreich

prolisso

verboso

weitschweifig

φλύαρος

diffus

verbós

prolijo

langatmig

redondant

verboso

bavard

weitläufig

πολύλογος

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈwɝdi/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wordy

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wordiġ

Verwant aan IJslands: orðigur

In summary

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