Meanings
plural prolixities
- countableuncountableLong-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
Must I then for twenty-three mortal days endure the prolixity of that tedious woman?
1954, W Somerset Maugham, The World Over, The Collected Stories, volume 2, London: The Reprint Society, page 12681 more example
Of Skelton's one excursion into dramatic form, Magnificence, not much need be said. [...] Its fault, a fatal one in drama, is its prolixity, but cut by at least two-thirds it might act very much better than one imagines.
1935, W. H. Auden, “John Skelton”, in Katharine Garvin, editor, The Great Tudors, London: Ivor Nichols & Watson LimitedSynonyms: verbosity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLong-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
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Origin
- Latinprolixitas
- Old Frenchprolixite
- Englishprolixity
From Old French prolixite, from Latin prolixitas. By surface analysis, prolix + -ity.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian многословие
- многословие (mnogoslovie)An excess of words
Catalan prolixitat
- prolixitatAn excess of words
Dutch langdradigheid, breedsprakerigheid
- langdradigheidAn excess of words
- breedsprakerigheidAn excess of words
Finnish monisanaisuus, jaarittelevuus
- monisanaisuusAn excess of words
- jaarittelevuusAn excess of words
French prolixité
- prolixitéAn excess of words
German Weitschweifigkeit, Beredsamkeit
- WeitschweifigkeitAn excess of words
- BeredsamkeitAn excess of words
- LangatmigkeitAn excess of words
Greek απεραντολογία, μακρηγορία
- απεραντολογία (aperantología)An excess of words
- μακρηγορία (makrigoría)An excess of words
Hungarian bőbeszédűség, terjengősség
- bőbeszédűségAn excess of words
- terjengősségAn excess of words
Japanese くどさ, 冗長
- くどさ (kudosa)An excess of words
- 冗長 (jōchō)An excess of words
- 冗漫 (jōman)An excess of words
Polish rozwlekłość
- rozwlekłośćAn excess of words
Portuguese prolixidade
- prolixidadeAn excess of words
Russian многосло́вность, многосло́вие
- многосло́вность (mnogoslóvnostʹ)An excess of words
- многосло́вие (mnogoslóvije)An excess of words
Spanish prolijidad
- prolijidadAn excess of words
Swedish långrandighet
- långrandighetAn excess of words
Cite this entry
prolixity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolixity
“prolixity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolixity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prolixity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolixity.
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