prolixity

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the quality of using too many words or continuing for a tiresomely long time

   The report's prolixity obscured its simple recommendation.

From Old French prolixite and Latin prolixitas, from prolixus ("extended, flowing forth"). The earlier neutral idea of length developed the usual modern implication of tedious wordiness.

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