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PROLIXITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prolixity mean? 

PROLIXITY (noun)
  The noun PROLIXITY has 1 sense:

1. boring verbosityplay

  Familiarity information: PROLIXITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROLIXITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Boring verbosity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

long-windedness; prolixity; prolixness; windiness; wordiness

Hypernyms ("prolixity" is a kind of...):

verboseness; verbosity (an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words)

Attribute:

concise (expressing much in few words)

prolix (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prolixity"):

flatulence; turgidity; turgidness (pompously embellished language)

Derivation:

prolix (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length)


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