(n.) A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases\; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: -- //The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison.

abundance amplitude battology bedizenment circumambages circumbendibus circumlocution cloud of words copiousness diffuseness diffusion diffusiveness duplication duplication of effort effusion effusiveness embellishment expletive extravagance exuberance fat featherbedding fecundity fertility filling fluency formlessness frill frills frippery gingerbread gush gushing iteration logorrhea long-windedness luxury macrology needlessness ornamentation outpour overadornment overflow overlap padding palilogy payroll padding periphrase periphrasis pleonasm prodigality productivity profuseness profusion prolificacy prolificity prolixity rampancy rankness redundance redundancy reiteration reiterativeness repetition repetition for effect repetitiousness repetitiveness roundabout stammering stuttering superabundance superfluity superfluousness superflux talkativeness tautologism teemingness tirade unnecessariness verbality verbiage verbosity wordiness