prolix
adjective /ˈprəʊlɪks/
/ˈprəʊlɪks/
(formal)- (of writing, a speech, etc.) using too many words and therefore boringTopics Literature and writingc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French prolixe or Latin prolixus ‘poured forth, extended’, from pro- ‘outward’ + liquere ‘be liquid’.