Definitions
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- noun Long-windedness.
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- noun
long-windedness - noun American longiloquence in oratory. — Fitzed. Hall.
Etymologies
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Latin langus long + loquentia a talking.
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Examples
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Ah, yes) erudite variation of locution, prolixity, and longiloquence.
mialuthien commented on the word longiloquence
See long-windedness.
July 27, 2008