prolixity Definition

prolix
adj

1. Said of speech or writing: tediously long-winded; wordy; verbose.

Thesaurus: verbose, wordy, long-winded, rambling, lengthy, tedious, windy, protracted, prosy, discursive, digressive, fustian, diffuse, tiresome, long, prolonged; Antonym: succinct.

Derivative: prolixity
noun

Wordiness or verbosity
Thesaurus: verbosity, long-windedness, wordiness, windiness, verbiage, discursiveness, diffuseness, circuitry, logorrhea, rambling, wandering, maundering, tediousness, repetitiousness; Antonym: succinctness.

Derivative: prolixly
adverb

Etymology: 15c: from Latin prolixus stretched out.