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• wordy — adjective (wordier; est) Date: 12th century 1. using or containing many and usually too many words 2. of or relating to words ; verbal • wordily adverb • wordiness noun Synonyms: wordy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wordy — wordy, verbose, prolix, diffuse, redundant can all mean using or marked by the use of more words than are necessary to express the thought. Wordy often carries no further implications, though it may suggest garrulousness or loquacity when the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• wordy — [wʉr′dē] adj. wordier, wordiest 1. of words; verbal 2. containing or using many or too many words; verbose wordily adv. wordiness n. SYN. WORDY is the general word implying the use of more words in speaking or writing than are necessary for… …   English World dictionary

• wordy — wordily, adv. wordiness, n. /werr dee/, adj., wordier, wordiest. 1. characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply. 2. pertaining to or consisting of words; verbal. [bef. 1100; ME; …   Universalium

• wordy — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)di[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a person s speech or something that they write as wordy, you disapprove of the fact that they use too many words, especially words which are very long, formal, or literary. The chapter… …   English dictionary

• Verbosity — This article is about linguistic verbosity. For prolixity, a character in the BBC education programme, see Look and Read. Verbosity (also called wordiness, prolixity and garrulousness) in language refers to speech or writing which is deemed to… …   Wikipedia

• verbose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wordy, prolix, repetitive, talkative. See diffuseness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wordy, prolix, tedious, tautologous, redundant, repetitious, circumlocutory, repetitive, periphrastic, abounding in …   English dictionary for students

• Grammar checker — In computing terms, a grammar checker is a program, or part of a program, that attempts to verify written text for grammatical correctness. Grammar checkers are most often implemented as a feature of a larger application, such as a word processor …   Wikipedia

• redundant — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Needless] Syn. superfluous, irrelevant, excess; see excessive , superfluous , unnecessary . 2. [Repetitious] Syn. verbose, wordy, repetitive, tautological; see verbose . See Synonym Study at verbose . II (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

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• Church Latin —     Ecclesiastical Latin     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Latin     In the present instance these words are taken to mean the Latin we find in the official textbooks of the Church (the Bible and the Liturgy), as well as in the works… …   Catholic encyclopedia