wordy

Meaning

Using an excessive number of words.

Synonyms

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

Translations

verbeux

wortreich

prolisso

φλύαρος

weitschweifig

verboso

prolijo

langdradig

diffus

langatmig

verbós

redondant

verboso

bavard

weitläufig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɝdi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wordy

Inherited from Old English: wordiġ

Cognate with Icelandic: orðigur

In summary

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