prolixity
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prolixity
- /pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/
- /pɹəʊˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/
Where it comes from
From Old French prolixite, from Latin prolixitas. By surface analysis, prolix + -ity.
noun prolixities
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Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
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.
Similar: verbosity
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noun An excess of words
| Español | prolijidad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | くどさ kudosa, 冗長 jōchō, 冗漫 jōman |
| Português | prolixidade |
| Français | prolixité |
| Deutsch | Weitschweifigkeit, Beredsamkeit, Langatmigkeit |
| Ελληνικά | απεραντολογία aperantología, μακρηγορία makrigoría |
| Русский | многосло́вность mnogoslóvnostʹ, многосло́вие mnogoslóvije |
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title = {prolixity},
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