prolixityn.

Brit.

/prəˈlɪksᵻti/, U.S.

/proʊˈlɪksᵻdi/

Forms: Middle English prolixitee, Middle English prolyxite, Middle English–1500s prolixite, Middle English–1500s prolyxyte, 1500s prolixitye, 1500s–1600s prolixitie, 1500s– prolixity; Scottish pre-1700 prolixite, pre-1700 prolixitee, pre-1700 prolixitie, pre-1700 prolixyte, pre-1700 prolyxetie, pre-1700 1700s– prolixity. N.E.D. (1908) also records a form of the ending late Middle English -itye.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prolixité; Latin prōlixitās.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French prolixité (French prolixité ) lengthiness, verbosity (c1230 in Old French), extent (14th cent. in Anglo-Norman as proluxité ), long duration (1494–8) and its etymon classical Latin prōlixitās extension in space, elongation, extension in time, duration (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also tedious lengthiness of speech or writing (4th cent.) < prōlixus prolix adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Spanish prolixidad (14th cent. as prolixidat), Portuguese prolixidade (15th cent.), Italian prolissità (14th cent.).

a. Tedious lengthiness of spoken or written matter; long-windedness, wordiness. Occasionally in more neutral sense: lengthiness or elaborateness of discourse.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity

prolixityc1395

tediouste?a1412

diffusiona1413

diffuseness1474

tediousness?a1475

largeness1547

longness1587

prolixness?1590

length1597

longanimity1607

tediositya1625

wire-drawing1640

longinquity1641

long-windedness1648

diffusivenessa1719

sprawling1822

longsomeness1834

ramblingness1835

lengthsomeness1849

bagginess1860

lengthiness1863

governmentese1907

c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 405 The sauour passeth euer lenger the moore For fulsomnesse of his prolixitee.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) ii. 1564 Fle we now prolixitee best is.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton ix For to eschewe prolyxyte and longe wordes.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 84 Which for avoiding of prolixity I do pretermit.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses i. 66 To auoid prolixitie I will omit them, deferring them to further oportunitie, for..to a wiseman few woords are sufficient.

a1617 F. Bacon Compil. & Amendm. Laws in Wks. (1730) IV. 6 Cases reported with too great a prolixity, would be drawn into a more compendious report.

1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. ii. xv. 64 Without prolixity or tediousness of Words.

1755 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 201 I hope your Honor will..excuse the prolixity of this.

1792 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 32 My prolixity is always directed to those, whom I would yet least of all wish to torment.

1840 E. A. Poe Ligeia in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 97 There is little in its uncouth and unimaginative prolixity which could have had interest for the lofty and spiritual ideality of my friend.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 135 The confusion, ambiguity, and verbose prolixity of the narrative.

1907 A. R. Diefendorf Clin. Psychiatry (ed. 2) B. 36 The simplest form of circumstantiality appears in the prolixity of the uneducated.

1973 P. Larkin Let. 10 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 473 A clerical crisis means I type my own letters, so it'll lack that orotund prolixity that flowers from the barrel of a dictaphone.

2000 P. Godman Silent Masters i. 23 His own prolixity did not inhibit its author from criticizing the verbosity of others.

†b. Slowness of action. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xxi. 207 An appetite once thrown away can never, till the cruel prolixity of the gastric agents is over, be regained.

†2. Material length; extent. Cf. prolix adj. 3. Obsolete (in later use sometimes humorous).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun]

lenghc888

longnessOE

length1154

dimension1413

sideness1422

longitude?a1425

prolixity?a1425

distance1582

longity1604

distent1613

protension1704

sidth1831

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 122 (MED) Auicen addeþ þat for prolixite, i. lengþ, of porez [L. propter laxitatem pororum] the herez falleþ.

1543 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1902) p. xi [Wearing a beard] of more notable prolyxyte or length.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 56 Haire long or short,..the prolixity or brevity whereof we cannot positively determine.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 265 These chesnuts rang'd in corresponding lines;..The obsolete prolixity of shade.

a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) II. 383 In Greece, philosophers were rever'd For grave prolixity of beard.

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xi. 177 The monkey..with a thick tail curling out into preposterous prolixity from beneath his tartans, took his station at the Italian's feet.

†3. Long duration; protractedness; the quality or fact of lasting for a long time. Cf. prolix adj. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time

lenghc888

longnessOE

enduringc1374

length1388

continuing1398

long lasting?c1400

perdurability?a1425

perseverance?a1425

permanence1440

perdurablenessc1450

perdurationc1450

continuation1469

diuturnity?a1475

prolixityc1500

endurancea1513

sustention1515

continuance1552

long standinga1568

longitude1596

long-lastingness1598

sempiternity1599

consistence1606

persistence1621

long-livedness1652

abidingness1654

productedness1664

imperdibility1713

longiturnity1727

endurableness1795

lengthiness1829

endurability1837

perenniality1841

longevity1842

protractedness1855

enduringnessa1867

c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) xviii The prolixitee Off doubilness that doith my wittis pall.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xci Twenty other, whiche for prolixitie of tyme, I thynke necessary to bee omitted.

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. iv. 188 When he hath exactly sifted euery one of you by experience and prolixitye of time.

1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. vii. iii. 600/2 They may not play at Chesse..for..it requires great and unprofitable studie, and much prolixity of time.

1720 J. Reynolds et al. Garden of Love (ed. 7) 143 Let us hasten our departure, and direct our Course to our own Residence; lest prolixity of Time, discover the Secrets of our Pretence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prolixity
释义	prolixityn. Brit. /prəˈlɪksᵻti/, U.S. /proʊˈlɪksᵻdi/ Forms: Middle English prolixitee, Middle English prolyxite, Middle English–1500s prolixite, Middle English–1500s prolyxyte, 1500s prolixitye, 1500s–1600s prolixitie, 1500s– prolixity; Scottish pre-1700 prolixite, pre-1700 prolixitee, pre-1700 prolixitie, pre-1700 prolixyte, pre-1700 prolyxetie, pre-1700 1700s– prolixity. N.E.D. (1908) also records a form of the ending late Middle English -itye. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prolixité; Latin prōlixitās. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French prolixité (French prolixité ) lengthiness, verbosity (c1230 in Old French), extent (14th cent. in Anglo-Norman as proluxité ), long duration (1494–8) and its etymon classical Latin prōlixitās extension in space, elongation, extension in time, duration (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also tedious lengthiness of speech or writing (4th cent.) < prōlixus prolix adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Spanish prolixidad (14th cent. as prolixidat), Portuguese prolixidade (15th cent.), Italian prolissità (14th cent.). 1. a. Tedious lengthiness of spoken or written matter; long-windedness, wordiness. Occasionally in more neutral sense: lengthiness or elaborateness of discourse. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity prolixityc1395 tediouste?a1412 diffusiona1413 diffuseness1474 tediousness?a1475 largeness1547 longness1587 prolixness?1590 length1597 longanimity1607 tediositya1625 wire-drawing1640 longinquity1641 long-windedness1648 diffusivenessa1719 sprawling1822 longsomeness1834 ramblingness1835 lengthsomeness1849 bagginess1860 lengthiness1863 governmentese1907 c1395 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 405 The sauour passeth euer lenger the moore For fulsomnesse of his prolixitee. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) ii. 1564 Fle we now prolixitee best is. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton ix For to eschewe prolyxyte and longe wordes. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 84 Which for avoiding of prolixity I do pretermit. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses i. 66 To auoid prolixitie I will omit them, deferring them to further oportunitie, for..to a wiseman few woords are sufficient. a1617 F. Bacon Compil. & Amendm. Laws in Wks. (1730) IV. 6 Cases reported with too great a prolixity, would be drawn into a more compendious report. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. ii. xv. 64 Without prolixity or tediousness of Words. 1755 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 201 I hope your Honor will..excuse the prolixity of this. 1792 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 32 My prolixity is always directed to those, whom I would yet least of all wish to torment. 1840 E. A. Poe Ligeia in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 97 There is little in its uncouth and unimaginative prolixity which could have had interest for the lofty and spiritual ideality of my friend. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. ii. 135 The confusion, ambiguity, and verbose prolixity of the narrative. 1907 A. R. Diefendorf Clin. Psychiatry (ed. 2) B. 36 The simplest form of circumstantiality appears in the prolixity of the uneducated. 1973 P. Larkin Let. 10 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 473 A clerical crisis means I type my own letters, so it'll lack that orotund prolixity that flowers from the barrel of a dictaphone. 2000 P. Godman Silent Masters i. 23 His own prolixity did not inhibit its author from criticizing the verbosity of others. †b. Slowness of action. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xxi. 207 An appetite once thrown away can never, till the cruel prolixity of the gastric agents is over, be regained. †2. Material length; extent. Cf. prolix adj. 3. Obsolete (in later use sometimes humorous). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun] lenghc888 longnessOE length1154 dimension1413 sideness1422 longitude?a1425 prolixity?a1425 distance1582 longity1604 distent1613 protension1704 sidth1831 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 122 (MED) Auicen addeþ þat for prolixite, i. lengþ, of porez [L. propter laxitatem pororum] the herez falleþ. 1543 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1902) p. xi [Wearing a beard] of more notable prolyxyte or length. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 56 Haire long or short,..the prolixity or brevity whereof we cannot positively determine. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 265 These chesnuts rang'd in corresponding lines;..The obsolete prolixity of shade. a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) II. 383 In Greece, philosophers were rever'd For grave prolixity of beard. 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables xi. 177 The monkey..with a thick tail curling out into preposterous prolixity from beneath his tartans, took his station at the Italian's feet. †3. Long duration; protractedness; the quality or fact of lasting for a long time. Cf. prolix adj. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time lenghc888 longnessOE enduringc1374 length1388 continuing1398 long lasting?c1400 perdurability?a1425 perseverance?a1425 permanence1440 perdurablenessc1450 perdurationc1450 continuation1469 diuturnity?a1475 prolixityc1500 endurancea1513 sustention1515 continuance1552 long standinga1568 longitude1596 long-lastingness1598 sempiternity1599 consistence1606 persistence1621 long-livedness1652 abidingness1654 productedness1664 imperdibility1713 longiturnity1727 endurableness1795 lengthiness1829 endurability1837 perenniality1841 longevity1842 protractedness1855 enduringnessa1867 c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) xviii The prolixitee Off doubilness that doith my wittis pall. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xci Twenty other, whiche for prolixitie of tyme, I thynke necessary to bee omitted. 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. iv. 188 When he hath exactly sifted euery one of you by experience and prolixitye of time. 1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. vii. iii. 600/2 They may not play at Chesse..for..it requires great and unprofitable studie, and much prolixity of time. 1720 J. Reynolds et al. Garden of Love (ed. 7) 143 Let us hasten our departure, and direct our Course to our own Residence; lest prolixity of Time, discover the Secrets of our Pretence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1395
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