"long-windedness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: long-winded + -ness Etymology templates: {{af|en|long-winded|-ness}} long-winded + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} long-windedness (uncountable)
  1. The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: longiloquence Related terms: ambages, belabour, circumlocution, loquacity, long-winded, pleniloquence, verbose Translations (the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity): Langatmigkeit [feminine] (German), απεραντολογία (aperantología) [feminine] (Greek)

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