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Definition of Repetitiousness
1. Noun. Verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions.
Generic synonyms: Verboseness, Verbosity
Specialized synonyms: Redundancy, Tautology
Derivative terms: Repetitious, Repetitive, Repetitive
Definition of Repetitiousness
1. Noun. The state of being repetitious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repetitiousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repetitiousness
Literary usage of Repetitiousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1904)
"As each volume is introduced by a preface summarizing its content, the repetition
becomes intolerable, especially as repetitiousness is characteristic of ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1889)
"The best way to manage—in fact, the only sensible way— is to disguise repetitiousness
of fact under variety of form: ..."
3. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"If the speech shows a peculiar earnestness which would naturally express itself
in the unusual care in detail and in the repetitiousness so common to the ..."
4. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea by William Rainey Harper (1905)
"It is peculiar in: (l) its rhythmic structure, (2) its repetitiousness and
prolixity, (3) its point of view. It is to be regarded as distinct from the ..."
5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea by William Rainey Harper (1905)
"It is peculiar in : (l) its rhythmic structure, (2) its repetitiousness and
prolixity, (3) its point of view. It is to be regarded as distinct from the ..."
6. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Amos and Hosea by William Rainey Harper (1905)
"It is peculiar in: (1) its rhythmic structure, (2) its repetitiousness and
prolixity, (3) its point of view. ..."
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