Dictionary

prolixity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹəʊˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/
• /pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
   • Must I then for twenty-three mortal days endure the prolixity of that tedious woman? 1954, W Somerset Maugham, The World Over, The Collected Stories, volume 2, London: The Reprint Society, page 1268:
   • 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. 1935, W. H. Auden, “John Skelton”, in Katharine Garvin, editor, The Great Tudors, London: Ivor Nichols & Watson Limited:

Forms

Synonyms

verbosity

Translations (23)

fi jaarittelevuus (An excess of words) · ca prolixitat (An excess of words) · pt prolixidade (An excess of words) · ja 冗漫 (An excess of words) · ja 冗長 (An excess of words) · sv långrandighet (An excess of words) · ja くどさ (An excess of words) · de Langatmigkeit (An excess of words) · de Beredsamkeit (An excess of words) · de Weitschweifigkeit (An excess of words) · gl prolixidade (An excess of words) · fi monisanaisuus (An excess of words) · nl langdradigheid (An excess of words) · oc prolixitat (An excess of words) · es prolijidad (An excess of words) · nl breedsprakerigheid (An excess of words) · pl rozwlekłość (An excess of words) · el μακρηγορία (An excess of words) · el απεραντολογία (An excess of words) · fr prolixité (An excess of words) · bg многословие (An excess of words) · ru многосло́вие (An excess of words) · ru многосло́вность (An excess of words)