Prolixity
1Prolixity — 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… …
2Prolixity — (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… …
3prolixity — noun effusion, long windedness, loquacity, redundancy, verbiage, verbosity, wordiness Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 prolixity n. An …
4prolixity — prolix ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of speech or writing) tediously lengthy. DERIVATIVES prolixity noun prolixly adverb. ORIGIN Latin prolixus poured forth, extended …
5prolixity of pleadings — excessive length or repetitiveness. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …
6prolixity — noun see prolix …
7prolixity — See prolix. * * * …
8prolixity — noun long windedness, an excess of words Syn: verbosity …
9prolixity — 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,… …
10prolixity — (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,… …
