periergia

	Overuse of words or figures of speech. As such, it may simply be considered synonymous with macrologia. However, as Puttenham's term suggests, periergia may differ from simple superfluity in that the language appears over-labored.

Related Figures
	Figures of Excess and Superfluity macrologia hyperbole aschematiston Aschematiston, the use of plain, unadorned, or unornamented language, may be considered the opposite of periergia.
See Also
	Vices

	Sources:	Primary sources Sherry (1550) 33 ("periergia," "sedulitas superflua"); Peacham (1577) G3v

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Gideon O. Burton, Brigham Young University
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pe-ri-er'-gi-a	from Gk. peri, "exceedingly" and ergon, "work"
	*sedulitas superflua*
	*over labour, curious*