wordiness

The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness. Jeffrey.

noun

Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, long-windedness, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage. See excess/insufficiency/enough, style/good style/bad style, words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: boring verboseness
  Synonyms: prolixity, prolixness, long-windedness

Quotes:

"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read." - Winston Churchill

"I dare say I am compelled, unconsciously compelled, now to write volume after volume, as in past years I was compelled to go to sea, voyage after voyage. Leaves must follow upon each other as leagues used to follow in the days gone by, on and on to the appointed end, which, being truth itself, is one -- one for all men and for all occupations." - Joseph Conrad

"I have made this letter a rather long one, only because I didn't have the leisure to make it shorter." - Blaise Pascal