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prolixity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prolixity \Pro*lix"i*ty\, n. [L. prolixitas: cf F. prolixit['e].] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prolixity n : boring verboseness [syn: {prolixness}, {long-windedness}, {wordiness}]
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