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English Dictionary: verbosity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verbosity
n
  1. an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
    Synonym(s): verboseness, verbosity
    Antonym(s): terseness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Verbosity \Ver*bos"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Verbosities}. [L. verbositas:
      cf. F. verbosit[82].]
      The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words
      than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
  
               The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and
               verbosity of his style.                           --Jeffrey.
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