verbositas

verbōsĭtas, ātis, f. [verbosus],

• multiplicity of words, wordiness, verbosity (postclass.), Prud. στεφ. 10, 551; Symm. Ep. 8, 47.

verbōsitās, ātis, f. (verbosus), der Wortreichtum, die Weitläufigkeit, Geschwätzigkeit, Prud. perist. 10, 551. Symm. epist. 8, 47 (48). Augustin. serm. 260 extr. u.a. Eccl.: Plur., verbositates eorum, Interpr. Iren. 2, 31, 1.

verbositas [LL], extensive use of words, verbosity, prolixity, longwindedness. melius exemplis quam nuda ~ate informor Aldh. Met. 10 p. 92; nullus doctorum bonorum potest domare linguam eorum qui se ipsos a stulta ~ate cohibere neglegunt Bede Ep. Cath. 28C; inter litterarum profanos is saepissime magis consulitur qui majori quadam ~ate prae ceteris facundus videtur Adel. ED 20; vincit pompam fame rerum veritas, licet fatiget audientes referentium ~as W. Malm. GP II 98; Saphadinus ‥ tanta regem ‥ circumvenit astutia et composita fefellit ~ate ut tanquam mutuam viderentur contraxisse familiaritatem Itin. Ric. IV 31; ad cetera que nimis multiplicas et inani ~ate texis ‥ indignum juste reor cuiquam sensato ‥ viro amplius tecum responsis contendere Bekynton II 174.

verbōsĭtās, ātis, f. (verbosus), bavardage, verbiage : Symm. Ep. 8, 47 || discours verbeux, long ou diffus : Prud. Perist. 10, 551.