PROLIXITY

prolixity, prolixness, windiness, long-windedness, wordiness

(noun) boring verbosity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

prolixity (countable and uncountable, plural prolixities)

Long-windedness, an excess of words.

Synonyms

• verbosity

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*lix"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. prolixitas: cf. F. prolixité.]

Definition: The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings. "For fulsomeness of his prolixitee." Chaucer. Idly running on with vain prolixity. Drayton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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