wordy
adjective
[ ˈwəːdi ]
• using or expressed in rather too many words.
• "a wordy and repetitive account"
Similar:
long-winded,
verbose,
prolix,
full of verbiage,
lengthy,
protracted,
long-drawn-out,
diffuse,
discursive,
rambling,
digressive,
maundering,
circumlocutory,
periphrastic,
repetitious,
tautological,
tortuous,
loquacious,
garrulous,
voluble,
windy,
talky,
waffly,
pleonastic,
logorrhoeic,
ambagious,
• consisting of words.
• "on the publication of Worcester's dictionary, a wordy war arose"
Origin:
Old English wordig (see word, -y1).
