What does perissology mean?
Perissology means Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness..
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/pɛ.ɹɪˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/ · noun
Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness..
The reason assigned for saying koran and not alcoran, is truly curious. Al, say they, is the Arabic article, and signifies the; consequently, if we should say the alcoran, we should fall into a gross perissology. It is just as if we said the the book.
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Perissology means Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness..
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The reason assigned for saying koran and not alcoran, is truly curious. Al, say they, is the Arabic article, and signifies the; consequently, if we should say the alcoran, we should fall into a gross perissology. It is just as if we said the the book.
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