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Prolixity

Noun CEFR B2
pɹəˈlɪk.sɪ.ti

Definitions

Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“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?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Prolixly prolixness proller prolobitid proloculus prolocution

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