long-windedness (when referring to speech or writing); using too many words; tediously lengthy
Patrick Allies
@patrickallies.bsky.social
23 December 1524 - Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
It was proposed that it might be good to shorten the lessons that are read at Matins on Nativity because through their prolixity they quite often protect the divine service... from 10 o'clock until 4am which causes boredom and diminishes devotion
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Liℤℤie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (can’t spell sheaves without she)
@acidlich.bsky.social
My man Grice using prolixity in the line following the maxim ‘avoid obscurity of expression’
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Stephenjohn Holgate
@mistaholgate.bsky.social
Prolixity: modern malaise.
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