What does "prolixity" mean?

Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.

What is a synonym for "prolixity"?

Common synonyms include: verbosity, bedizenment, big mouth, boringness, candor, cloud of words.

Pronounced //pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti//.

//pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words. countable, uncountable
"Of Skelton's one excursion into dramatic form, Magnificence, not much need be said. [...] Its fault, a fatal one in drama, is its prolixity, but cut by at least two-thirds it might act very much better than one imagines."
2
boring verbosity wordnet

"This is a small book in which to treat of so large a subject, and to avoid prolixity I have had to generalise."

From Old French prolixite, from Latin prolixitas. By surface analysis, prolix + -ity.

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