prolixity

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. [1913 Webster] Idly running on with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Prolixity — (from Latin prolixus , extended, also called verbosity and garrulousness) in language refers to speech or writing which uses an excess of words. Adjectival forms include prolix, verbose, and garrulous.Prolixity can also be used to refer to the… …   Wikipedia

prolixity — noun effusion, long windedness, loquacity, redundancy, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 prolixity n. An …   Law dictionary

prolixity — prolix ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of speech or writing) tediously lengthy. DERIVATIVES prolixity noun prolixly adverb. ORIGIN Latin prolixus poured forth, extended …   English terms dictionary

prolixity — noun see prolix …   New Collegiate Dictionary

prolixity — See prolix. * * * …   Universalium

prolixity — noun long windedness, an excess of words Syn: verbosity …   Wiktionary

prolixity — Synonyms and related words: bedizenment, big mouth, boringness, candor, cloud of words, communicativeness, conversableness, dullness, duplication, duplication of effort, effusion, effusiveness, embellishment, expletive, extravagance, fat,… …   Moby Thesaurus

prolixity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision: diffuseness, diffusion, long windedness, pleonasm, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness. See EXCESS,… …   English dictionary for students

prolixity — pro·lix·i·ty || ‚prəʊ lɪksÉ™tɪ /‚prÉ™ n. state of being boring, tediousness, dullness; verbosity, excessive wordiness, excessive lengthiness …   English contemporary dictionary

prolixity — n. Diffuseness, prolixness, verbosity, tedious, length, minute detail …   New dictionary of synonyms