"wordy" meaning in English

See wordy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɝdi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wordy.wav Forms: wordier [comparative], wordiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)di Etymology: From Middle English wordy, woordi, from Old English wordiġ (“wordy, verbose”), equivalent to word + -y. Cognate with Icelandic orðigur (“wordy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wordy}} Middle English wordy, {{inh|en|ang|wordiġ|t=wordy, verbose}} Old English wordiġ (“wordy, verbose”), {{af|en|word|-y}} word + -y, {{cog|is|orðigur|t=wordy}} Icelandic orðigur (“wordy”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} wordy (comparative wordier, superlative wordiest)
  1. Using an excessive number of words. Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: verbose, pleonastic, sesquipedalian, Wikipedia:Wordy Derived forms: unwordy, wordily, wordiness Translations (using an excessive number of words): περισσολόγος (perissológos) (Ancient Greek), многосло́вен (mnogoslóven) (Bulgarian), 囉嗦 (Chinese Mandarin), 啰嗦 (luōsuo) (Chinese Mandarin), 冗長 (Chinese Mandarin), 冗长 (rǒngcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), monisanainen (Finnish), verbeux (French), langatmig (German), weitschweifig (German), wortreich (German), foclach (Irish), teangach (Irish), prolisso (Italian), 饒舌な (jōzetsuna) (Japanese), くどい (kudoi) (Japanese), くどくどしい (kudokudoshii) (Japanese), verbōsus (Latin), го́ворен (góvoren) (Macedonian), многугла́голив (mnoguglágoliv) (Macedonian), ре́чев (réčev) (Macedonian), wordy (Middle English), przegadany (Polish), prolixo (Portuguese), palavroso (Portuguese), prolix [masculine] (Romanian), многосло́вный (mnogoslóvnyj) (Russian), sözü uzatan (Turkish), багатослі́вний (bahatoslívnyj) (Ukrainian), geiriog (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "using an excessive number of words",
      "word": "prolixo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "using an excessive number of words",
      "word": "palavroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "using an excessive number of words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prolix"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogoslóvnyj",
      "sense": "using an excessive number of words",
      "word": "многосло́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "using an excessive number of words",
      "word": "sözü uzatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatoslívnyj",
      "sense": "using an excessive number of words",
      "word": "багатослі́вний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "using an excessive number of words",
      "word": "geiriog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wordy"
}

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