Diffuseness
121circumlocution — n 1. periphrasis, periphrase, pleonasm, tautology, redundancy, Inf. circumbendibus; verbiage, verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, profuseness, diffuseness, long windedness, longiloquence; repetition, repetitiveness, tediousness, battology;… …
122garrulity — n talkativeness, loquacity, loquaciousness, volubility, glibness, gift of gab, garrulousness; wordiness, diffuseness, verbosity, prolixity; effusiveness, gushiness, chattiness, gossipiness; chattering, babbling, blathering, prattling, jabbering …
123gibberish — n 1. jabber, Jabberwocky, chatter, prattle, cackle, gibber; babble, babblement, prate, tattle, twaddle; patter, gabble, blather; jargon, gobbledegook, nonsense, hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo, abracadabra, open sesame; babbling, Fr. bavardage; humbug,… …
124gobbledegook — n 1. obfuscation, confusion, complexity, buzz word; educationese, computerese, academese, bureaucratese, legalese, medicalese; wordiness, verbosity, prolixity, prolixness, verbiage, verbalism; diffuseness, profuseness, profusiveness, effusion,… …
125hocus-pocus — n 1. mumbo jumbo, abracadabra, open sesame, magic word, magic formula; incantation, chant, invocation, conjuration, conjuring, evocation. 2. juggler s trick, jugglery, sleight of hand, legerdemain, prestidigitation, Brit. hanky panky; feint,… …
126incantation — n 1. chant, chanting, invocation, conjuration, summoning; magic formula, hocus pocus, mumbo jumbo, magic word, abracadabra, open sesame; jinx, hex, adverse influence. 2. spell, charm, rune, Scot. cantrip, enchantment, bewitchment, bedevilment;… …
127periphrasis — n 1. circumlocution, pleonasm, tautology, redundancy, Inf. circumbendibus; verbiage, verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, profuseness, diffuseness, long windedness, longiloquence; repetition, re petitiveness, tediousness, battology; digressiveness,… …
128pleonasm — n 1. redundancy, tautology, periphrasis, periphrase, circumlocution, Inf. circumbendibus; verbiage, verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, profuseness, diffuseness, long windedness, longiloquence; repetition, repetitiveness, tediousness, battology;… …
