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perissologies

perissologies is the plural of perissology.

Meaning of perissology

Noun

perissology (countable and uncountable, plural perissologies)

  1. Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness.
    • The reason assigned for saying koran and not alcoran, is truly curious. Al, say they, is the Arabic article, and signifies the; consequently, if we should say the alcoran, we should fall into a gross perissology. It is just as if we said the the book.1776, George Campbell, The Philosophy of Rhetoric

Questions about perissologies

What is perissologies the plural of?
Perissologies is the plural of perissology.

Words near perissologies in the dictionary

  1. perissodactylism
  2. perissodactylous
  3. perissodactyls
  4. perissologic
  5. perissological
  6. perissologies
  7. perissology
  8. peristalith
  9. peristaliths
  10. peristalses
  11. peristalsis

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