| Figure Name | periergia |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm) |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | sedulitas superflua, over labour, curious |
| Etymology | None |
| Type | Trope |
| Linguistic Domain |
Lexicographic Semantic |
| Definition |
Overuse of words or figures of speech. As such, it may simply be considered synonymous with macrologia. However, as Puttenham's term suggests, periergia may differ from simple superfluity in that the language appears over-labored. |
| Example | |
| Kind Of | Repetition |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | Figures of Excess and Superfluity, macrologia, hyperbole, aschematiston |
| Notes | Would this be considered repetition (of concepts)? |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ashwini Namasivayam |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | Yes |
| Reviewer | Ashley Rose Kelly |