longiloquence

noun

longiloquence

noun

Etymology From Latin longus (“long”) + loquentia (“a talking”).

1

Archaic long-windedness

  • American longiloquence in oratory1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English:
Synonyms
verbosity
Related terms
ambages, belabour, circumlocution, explicate, loquacity, pleniloquence, verbose

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