See verbiage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wortschwall"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "foclachas"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ordgyteri"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gadanina"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"word": "palavrório"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mnogoslóvije",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "многосло́вие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustoslóvije",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пустосло́вие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slovoblúdije",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "словоблу́дие"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "пра̏зносло̄вље"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "prȁznoslōvlje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verborrea"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"word": "palabrería"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bahatoslívnistʹ",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "багатослі́вність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "marnoslívʺja",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "марнослі́в'я"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "marnoslóvstvo",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "марносло́вство"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pustoslívʺja",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пустослі́в'я"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slovoblúdstvo",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "словоблу́дство"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slovoblúddja",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "словоблу́ддя"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "overabundance of words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geiriogrwydd"
}
],
"word": "verbiage"
}
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