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    PROLIXITY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Boring verbosityplay

    Synonyms:

    long-windedness; prolixity; prolixness; windiness; wordiness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("prolixity" is a kind of...):

    verboseness; verbosity (an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words)

    Attribute:

    concise (expressing much in few words)

    prolix (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prolixity"):

    flatulence; turgidity; turgidness (pompously embellished language)

    Derivation:

    prolix (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length)

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