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WORDISH
Etymology
Adjective
wordish (comparative more wordish, superlative most wordish)
Of or pertaining to words; verbal; wordy.
Source: Wiktionary
Word"ish, a.
Definition: Respecting words; full of words; wordy. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.
– Word"ish*ness, n. The truth they hide by their dark woordishness. Sir K. Digby.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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