perissology

noun

per·​is·​sol·​o·​gy

ˌperəˈsäləjē

plural -es

archaic

: superfluity of words : pleonasm

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin perissologia, from Greek, from perissologos speaking too much (from perissos + logos speech) + -ia -y

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