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Showing words for PROLIXITY using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Prolixity

prolixity

7 Letter Words for Prolixity

pilotry, tripoli

6 Letter Words for Prolixity

pilori, piloti, polity, portly, prolix, protyl, pylori, ropily, triply, tropyl

5 Letter Words for Prolixity

lirot, orpit, oxlip, pilot, pirol, pirot, plotx, polit, porty, proxy, roily, tirol, torii, triol, tripl, tripy, tyrol

4 Letter Words for Prolixity

ilot, ipil, liri, liti, loir, lori, lory, loti, oily, orly, oryx, otxi, oxyl, pili, pily, pioy, pirl, pity, plot, ploy, poil, polt, poly, port, pory, poti, prio, prix, prox, pyot, pyro, riot, ript, rixy, roil, roit, ropy, roti, rotl, roxy, royt, ryot, tirl, toil, topi, tori, trio, trip, trop, troy, tryp, typo, tyro, xylo, yilt

3 Letter Words for Prolixity

ilo, ipl, ipo, ipr, iyo, lip, lir, lit, lop, lor, lot, lox, loy, ltr, oii, oil, olp, opt, orl, ort, ory, oxy, pil, pir, pit, pix, pli, ply, poi, pol, por, pot, pox, poy, pro, pry, pty, pyr, pyx, rio, rip, rit, rix, rly, roi, rot, rox, rpt, rti, til, tip, tlo, tlr, toi, tol, top, tor, tox, toy, tpi, tri, trp, try, typ, tyr, xii, yip, yoi, yor, yot, yox

Definitions for Prolixity

[1] extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
[2] (of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.
[3] (of a speech, book, etc) so long as to be boring; verbose
[4] indulging in prolix speech or writing; long-winded

Words related to Prolixity

prolixdiffusion, rhetoric, redundancy, garrulity, copiousness, verbosity, circumlocution, diffuseness, verboseness, verbiage, loquacity, pleonasm, repetition, logorrhea, tautology, loquaciousness, redundance, wordage

Words nearby Prolixity

prolixproligerous, prolinase, proline, proline dipeptidase, proline iminopeptidase, prolix, prolocutor, prolog, prologue, prologuize, prolong

Origin of Prolixity

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin prōlixus extended, long, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -lixus, akin to līquī to flow; see liquor

Other words from Prolixity

pro·lix·i·ty [proh-lik -si-tee] /proʊˈlɪk sɪ ti/ , pro·lix·ness , noun
pro·lix·ly , adverb
non·pro·lix , adjective
non·pro·lix·ly , adverb
non·pro·lix·ness , noun
non·pro·lix·i·ty , noun
o·ver·pro·lix , adjective
o·ver·pro·lix·ly , adverb
o·ver·pro·lix·ness , noun
o·ver·pro·lix·i·ty , noun
un·pro·lix , adjective

Word origin for Prolixity

C15: from Latin prōlixus stretched out widely, from pro- 1 + līquī to flow

Synonyms for Prolixity

circumlocution, copiousness, diffuseness, diffusion, garrulity, logorrhea, long-windedness, loquaciousness, loquacity, pleonasm, redundance, redundancy, repetition, rhetoric, tautology, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage