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prolix

[ proh-liks, proh-liks ]
/ proʊˈlɪks, ˈproʊ lɪks /
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adjective

extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
(of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.

RELATED WORDS

diffusion, rhetoric, redundancy, garrulity, copiousness, verbosity, circumlocution, diffuseness, verboseness, verbiage, loquacity, pleonasm, repetition, logorrhea, tautology, loquaciousness, redundance, wordage

Nearby words

  1. proligerous,
  2. prolinase,
  3. proline,
  4. proline dipeptidase,
  5. proline iminopeptidase,
  6. prolixity,
  7. prolocutor,
  8. prolog,
  9. prologue,
  10. prologuize

Origin of prolix

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin prōlixus extended, long, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -lixus, akin to līquī to flow; see liquor
SYNONYMS FOR prolix
1 prolonged, protracted. See wordy.
1, 2 verbose.
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British Dictionary definitions for prolixity

prolix

/ (ˈprəʊlɪks, prəʊˈlɪks) /

adjective

(of a speech, book, etc) so long as to be boring; verbose
indulging in prolix speech or writing; long-winded
Derived Formsprolixity or rare prolixness, nounprolixly, adverb

Word Origin for prolix

C15: from Latin prōlixus stretched out widely, from pro- 1 + līquī to flow
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