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PROLIXITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prolixity mean?
• PROLIXITY (noun)
The noun PROLIXITY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: PROLIXITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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