His speech was too wordy, and the audience started to lose focus.

wordy 是由名词 word（词语）加上后缀 -y 构成的形容词，-y 后缀常表示"充满...的"或"具有...特性的"。wordy 的字面意思是"充满词语的"，引申为"冗长的、啰嗦的"。