praznoslovlje

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

prazno (“empty”) +‎ slovo (“letter, word”) +‎ -je.

Compare Russian пустосло́вие (pustoslóvije), Bulgarian празнословие (praznoslovie).

Noun

prȁznoslōvlje n (Cyrillic spelling пра̏зносло̄вље)

claptrap, verbiage, rhetoric
Synonyms: prȁznorjēčje, prȁznorēčje, retòrika

See also

galimàtijas (“nonsense”)

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