aeolism

a tendency to longwindedness. — aeolisdc, adj.

a tendency to longwindedness. — aeolistic, adj.

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There is fairly definite evidence to warrant our acceptance of this: the dialect of the "Works and Days" is shown by Rzach (3) to contain distinct Aeolisms apart from those which formed part of the general stock of epic poetry.

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