perissology

English

Etymology

Latin perissologia, from Ancient Greek περισσός.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ɹɪˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/

Noun

perissology (countable and uncountable, plural perissologies)

1. 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