\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.