Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prolixity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prolixity \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.
Idly running on with vain prolixity. --Drayton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prolixity
n : boring verboseness [syn: {prolixness}, {long-windedness}, {wordiness}]
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