long-winded

See also: longwinded

English

Alternative forms

• longwinded

Etymology

Figurative, from long + winded

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔŋˌwɪndəd/

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Adjective

long-winded (comparative more long-winded, superlative most long-winded)

1. Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.

   He launched into a long-winded discussion of the relative merits of asphalt and concrete.

   • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 8, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 403:

     But which analysis is the right one? Well, as in any serious field of research, the consequences of making different assumptions about a particular phenomenon are often so complex and far-reaching that the full implications of the decision to adopt one analysis rather than another are not always immediately apparent. Thatʼs a rather long-winded way of saying that itʼs not always obvious what the right answer is!

Synonyms

• garrulous
• See also Thesaurus:verbose

Antonyms

• laconic, taciturn

Derived terms

• long-windedly
• long-windedness

 

Translations

tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose

• Catalan: prolix
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 長氣／长气 (coeng⁴ hei³)

  Mandarin: 羅唆／罗唆 (zh) (luósuō), 冗長／冗长 (zh) (rǒngcháng), 絮叨 (zh)

• Czech: rozvláčný
• Dutch: langdradig (nl)
• Finnish: pitkäveteinen (fi), pitkäpiimäinen (fi), pitkällinen
• French: verbeux (fr), prolixe (fr) (overly talkative)
• German: langatmig (de)
• Greek: απεραντολόγος (el) (aperantológos)
• Hungarian: hosszú lélegzetű, terjengős (hu)
• Ido: prolixa (io)
• Irish: fadálach, fadchainteach
• Italian: prolisso (it)
• Japanese: 冗長な (ja) (じょうちょうな, jōchō na)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} prolixitas
• Maori: autaki
• Occitan: prolix
• Polish: przegadany
• Portuguese: prolixo (pt)
• Romanian: interminabil (ro), tărăgănat (ro), prolix (ro)
• Russian: многосло́вный (ru) (mnogoslóvnyj), многоречи́вый (ru) (mnogorečívyj) (of a person)
• Spanish: prolijo (es)
• Swedish: långrandig (sv)