perissology

English

Latin perissologia, from Ancient Greek περισσός.

perissology (countable and uncountable, plural perissologies)

Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness.
- 1776, George Campbell, The Philosophy of Rhetoric:
  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.

单词	perissology
释义	perissology English Etymology Latin perissologia, from Ancient Greek περισσός. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /pɛ.ɹɪˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ Noun perissology (countable and uncountable, plural perissologies) Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness. 1776, George Campbell, The Philosophy of Rhetoric: 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. Related terms perissological
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