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prolixity

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9 lettersPronunciation /pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti/Part of speech nounSorted iiloprtxyStarts with PEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. boring verbosity

Word origin

From Old French prolixite, from Latin prolixitas. By surface analysis, prolix + -ity.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Must I then for twenty-three mortal days endure the prolixity of that tedious woman?

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