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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