Meanings
comparative wordier · superlative wordiest
- Using an excessive number of words.
The story was long and very wordy.
1 more example
And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved. The authors were compared to doctors who offered to a patient nothing more than invectives against the disease which consumed him.
1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24Synonyms: verbose, pleonastic, sesquipedalian, Wikipedia:Wordy, laconic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUsing an excessive number of words.
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Origin
- Old Englishwordiġ“wordy, verbose”
- Middle Englishwordy
- Englishwordy
From Middle English wordy, woordi, from Old English wordiġ (“wordy, verbose”), equivalent to word + -y. Cognate with Icelandic orðigur (“wordy”).
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Ancient Greek περισσολόγος
- περισσολόγος (perissológos)using an excessive number of words
Bulgarian многосло́вен
- многосло́вен (mnogoslóven)using an excessive number of words
Chinese Mandarin 囉嗦 /啰嗦, 冗長 /冗长
- 囉嗦 /啰嗦 (luōsuo)using an excessive number of words
- 冗長 /冗长 (rǒngcháng)using an excessive number of words
Finnish monisanainen
- monisanainenusing an excessive number of words
French verbeux
- verbeuxusing an excessive number of words
German langatmig, weitschweifig
- langatmigusing an excessive number of words
- weitschweifigusing an excessive number of words
- wortreichusing an excessive number of words
Hawaiian hoʻonui ʻōlelo
- hoʻonui ʻōlelousing an excessive number of words
Irish foclach, teangach
- foclachusing an excessive number of words
- teangachusing an excessive number of words
Italian prolisso
- prolissousing an excessive number of words
Japanese 饒舌な, くどい
- 饒舌な (jōzetsuna)using an excessive number of words
- くどい (kudoi)using an excessive number of words
- くどくどしい (kudokudoshii)using an excessive number of words
Latin verbōsus
- verbōsususing an excessive number of words
Polish przegadany, rozwlekły
- przegadanyusing an excessive number of words
- rozwlekłyusing an excessive number of words
Portuguese prolixo, palavroso
- prolixousing an excessive number of words
- palavrosousing an excessive number of words
Romanian prolix
- prolixusing an excessive number of words
Russian многосло́вный
- многосло́вный (mnogoslóvnyj)using an excessive number of words
Spanish verborrágico
- verborrágicousing an excessive number of words
Turkish sözü uzatan
- sözü uzatanusing an excessive number of words
Ukrainian багатослі́вний
- багатослі́вний (bahatoslívnyj)using an excessive number of words
Welsh geiriog
- geiriogusing an excessive number of words
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
wordy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordy
“wordy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wordy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordy.
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