| Figure Name | perissologia |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm) |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | sermo superfluus, perissology |
| Etymology | None |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Lexicographic Syntactic |
| Definition |
In general, the fault of wordiness. More specifically, periphrasis, circumlocution, synonymia, accumulatio, or amplification carried to a fault by length or overelaborateness. |
| Example | |
| Kind Of | Series |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | pleonasm, periphrasis, circumlocution, synonymia, accumulatio, or amplification |
| Notes | Unsure of 'type of'. |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Last Editor | Ashley Rose Kelly |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | Yes |
| Reviewer | Ashley Rose Kelly |