n.
[L. prolixitas: cf. F. prolixité.]
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.
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- Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, long-windedness, pleonasm, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness. See excess/insufficiency/enough, style/good style/bad style, words.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
boring verboseness
Synonyms: prolixness, long-windedness, wordiness
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