PALAVEROUS

Meaning of PALAVEROUS in English

Function: adjective

Synonyms: WORDY , diffuse, long-winded, prolix, redundant, verbose, windy

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary. Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса. 2012

PALAVEROUS — -v(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: palaver (I) + -ous : full of or given to palaver : wordy , verbose
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALAVEROUS — adjective Synonyms: wordy , diffuse, long-winded, prolix, redundant, verbose, windy
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PALAVER — — palaverer, palaverist , n. — palaverment , n. — palaverous , adj. /peuh lav"euhr, -lah"veuhr/ , n., v, palavered, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WORDY — adj. Function: adjective using or marked by the use of more words than are needed to express an idea FF1C; …
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WINDY — adj. Function: adjective 1 marked by more wind than usual FF1C; a windy March day FF1E; Synonyms: airy, blowy, breezy, …
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VERBOSE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: WORDY , diffuse, long-winded, palaverous, prolix, redundant, windy Related Words: flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent; circumlocutory, periphrastic, pleonastic, …
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REDUNDANT — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: WORDY , diffuse, long-winded, palaverous, prolix, verbose, windy Related Words: extra, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus; iterating, …
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PROLIX — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: WORDY , diffuse, long-winded, palaverous, redundant, verbose, windy Related Words: irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome; prolonged, protracted
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LONG-WINDED — Function: adjective Synonyms: WORDY , diffuse, palaverous, prolix, redundant, verbose, windy Related Words: extended, lasting, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, prolonged, protracted …
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DIFFUSE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: WORDY , long-winded, palaverous, prolix, redundant, verbose, windy Related Words: exuberant, lavish, profuse; casual, desultory, random; …
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DIFFUSE — I. adjective Synonyms: wordy , long-winded, palaverous, prolix, redundant, verbose, windy Related Word: exuberant, lavish, profuse; casual, desultory, random; lax, …
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WORDY — adjective using or marked by the use of more words than are needed to express an idea tired of dull …
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WINDY — adjective 1. marked by more wind than usual a windy March day Synonyms: airy, blowy, breezy, gusty Related Word: brisk, …
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VERBOSE — adjective Synonyms: wordy , diffuse, long-winded, palaverous, prolix, redundant, windy Related Word: flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent; circumlocutory, periphrastic, pleonastic, tautologous Contrasted …
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REDUNDANT — adjective Synonyms: wordy , diffuse, long-winded, palaverous, prolix, verbose, windy Related Word: extra, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus; iterating, reiterating, repetitious …
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PROLIX — adjective Synonyms: wordy , diffuse, long-winded, palaverous, redundant, verbose, windy Related Word: irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome; prolonged, protracted
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LONG-WINDED — adjective Synonyms: wordy , diffuse, palaverous, prolix, redundant, verbose, windy Related Word: extended, lasting, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out, prolonged, protracted Contrasted …
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