"long-winded" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɔŋˌwɪndəd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-long-winded.wav [US] Forms: more long-winded [comparative], most long-winded [superlative]
Etymology: Figurative, from long + winded Etymology templates: {{m|en|long|}} long, {{m|en|winded|}} winded Head templates: {{en-adj}} long-winded (comparative more long-winded, superlative most long-winded)
  1. Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose. Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: garrulous, longwinded Derived forms: long-windedly, long-windedness Translations (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose): prolix (Catalan), 長氣 (Chinese Cantonese), 长气 (coeng⁴ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 羅唆 (Chinese Mandarin), 罗唆 (luósuō) (Chinese Mandarin), 冗長 (Chinese Mandarin), 冗长 (rǒngcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 絮叨 (Chinese Mandarin), rozvláčný (Czech), langdradig (Dutch), pitkäveteinen (Finnish), pitkäpiimäinen (Finnish), pitkällinen (Finnish), verbeux (French), prolixe (english: overly talkative) (French), langatmig (German), απεραντολόγος (aperantológos) (Greek), hosszú lélegzetű (Hungarian), terjengős (Hungarian), prolixa (Ido), fadálach (Irish), fadchainteach (Irish), prolisso (Italian), 冗長な (jōchō na) (alt: じょうちょうな) (Japanese), autaki (Maori), prolix (Occitan), przegadany (Polish), prolixo (Portuguese), interminabil (Romanian), tărăgănat (Romanian), prolix (Romanian), многосло́вный (mnogoslóvnyj) (Russian), многоречи́вый (mnogorečívyj) (note: of a person) (Russian), prolijo (Spanish), långrandig (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose",
      "word": "prolijo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose",
      "word": "långrandig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "long-winded"
}

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