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Meaning of perissology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
pɛ.ɹɪˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi

Definitions

Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

peristalith peristalsis peristaltic peristaltism peristasis peristediid

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