Prolixity (noun)
prol-iks-it-ee
The state or quality of being unnecessarily or tediously wordy; verbosity.
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French prolixité “lengthiness, verbosity,” from Late Latin prōlixitāt- (inflectional stem prōlixitās ) “tedious length in speech or writing,” from Latin: “extension in time or space”
Example sentences
“Her patriotism knew no bounds, and her prolixity was much on the same scale.”
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