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prolixness

/prəˈlɪks.nəs/

Traduction: Nom désignant la qualité de ce qui est ennuyeusement long ou excessivement verbeux à l'oral ou à l'écrit, souvent au point d'ennuyer.

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noun

/prəˈlɪks.nəs/C2formal
  • frNom désignant la qualité de ce qui est ennuyeusement long ou excessivement verbeux à l'oral ou à l'écrit, souvent au point d'ennuyer.

A noun referring to the quality of being tediously lengthy or overly wordy in speech or writing, often to the point of being boring.

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  1. Excessive wordinessC2formal

    The quality of using more words than necessary, often in a tedious or boring manner.

    frProlixité

    • The professor's prolixness made the lecture feel endless.
    • His prolixness in the report obscured the main findings.
    • She avoided prolixness by editing her speech to be more concise.

    Synonymescircumlocutiondiffusenesslong-windednesspleonasmprolixityredundancyverbosenessverbositywordiness

    Antonymesbrevityconcisenesspithinesssuccinctnessterseness

Formes
  • prolixnesses plural form
  • prolixnesses' possessive plural form
  • prolixness's possessive singular form