Pro*lix"i*ty (?), n. [L. prolixitas: cf. F. prolixit'e.]
The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings.
"For fulsomeness of his
prolixitee."
Chaucer.
Idly running on with vain prolixity.
Drayton.
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