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verbosities

verbosities is the plural of verbosity.

Meaning of verbosity

Noun

verbosity (countable and uncountable, plural verbosities)

  1. (rhetoric) The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.
    • With Christie's words about "all-talk-no-action" in mind, notice that Obama and his two secretaries of state, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, as well as his vice president, Joe Biden, were all senators, the last two serving for two or three decades, respectively. Not forgetting the ill-fated...2016 February 8, Marwan Bishara, “Why Obama fails the leadership test in the Middle East”, in Al Jazeera English

Questions about verbosities

What is verbosities the plural of?
Verbosities is the plural of verbosity.

Words near verbosities in the dictionary

  1. verbomotor
  2. verbophobia
  3. verbose
  4. verbosely
  5. verboseness
  6. verbosities
  7. verbosity
  8. verboten
  9. verbous
  10. verbs
  11. verbs of motion

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