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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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