prolixity
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin prōlixus (“long, extended”); from prolix + -ity
Noun[edit]
prolixity (countable and uncountable; plural prolixities)
- long-windedness, an excess of words
- 1954, W Somerset Maugham, The World Over, The Collected Stories, volume 2, London: The Reprint Society, page 1268:
- Must I then for twenty-three mortal days endure the prolixity of that tedious woman?
- 1954, W Somerset Maugham, The World Over, The Collected Stories, volume 2, London: The Reprint Society, page 1268:
Translations[edit]
An excess of words
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