Middle English Dictionary Entry
wō̆rdī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | wō̆rdī adj. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE wordig; also cp. ME wō̆rd n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Verbose, prolix; excessively talkative, garrulous.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 16.21 : My woordi [WB(2): ful of wordis; L verbosi] frendis.
- (c1384) WBible(1) Prol.1 Cor.(Dc 369(2))4.338 : Corinthies…weren ouerturned in many maneris of false apostelis, summe of wordy eloquence of philosophie, summe to the secte of Jewis lawe yledd.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)142a : Wordy: verbosus, vbi Chaterer.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)80/16 : Fourtenthly is þat he be not wordy neyþer to laughteryng.