prolixity
prolixity · prolixities
многословность, многословие
Weitschweifigkeit, Beredsamkeit, Langatmigkeit
Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of wordsLong-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
/pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/
» Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, psittaceous vacuity, ventriloquial verbosity, and vaniloquent vapidity.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
Weitschweifigkeit, Beredsamkeit, Langatmigkeit
многосло́вностьmnogoslóvnostʹ, многосло́виеmnogoslóvije
More definitions
- boring verbosity
Examples
1 sentencesSedulously avoid all polysyllabic profundity, pompous prolixity, psittaceous vacuity, ventriloquial verbosity, and vaniloquent vapidity.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
An excess of words:
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By meaning 1
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Origin
From Old French prolixite, from Latin prolixitas. By surface analysis, prolix + -ity.From Old French prolixite, from Latin prolixitas. By surface analysis, prolix + -ity.
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Forms
plural: prolixities| Singular | prolixity |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- boring verbosity:prolixnesswindinesslong-windednesswordiness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedprolix
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable