Long-wind·ed a.
  1. Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
     A tedious, long-winded harangue.   --South.
   -- Long-wind*ed*ness, n.
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  long-windedness
       n : boring verboseness [syn: prolixity, prolixness, wordiness]