prolixness
(see prolix a.)
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
= prolixity.
| 1664 H. More Apol. Pref., The Reason of the Prolixness thereof stands upon this threefold ground. 1730 T. Boston Mem. App. (1776) 27, I hope you will pardon the prolixness of this. 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 65 The philologer of more rapid and intuitive perceptions, will bear with my prolixness in this part of my work. |