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Prolixity

//pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    boring verbosity wordnet

Etymology

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

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