Prolixity

/pɹəlˈɪksɪti/

/pɹəlˈɪksɪɾi/

[noun]

Prolixity

[NOUN]

the fact of having an excessive number of words that results in being tedious

synonyms : long-windedness

prolixness

windiness

wordiness

Examples

1. A constitution to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind.

2. But it is true,--without any slips of prolixity or crossing the plain highway of talk,--that the good Antonio, the honest Antonio,--O that I had a title good enough to keep his name company!-- SALARINO.