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prolix

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pro·lix  (pr-lks, prlks)
adj.
1. Tediously prolonged; wordy: editing a prolix manuscript.
2. Tending to speak or write at excessive length. See Synonyms at wordy.

[Middle English, from Old French prolixe, from Latin prlixus, poured forth, extended.]

pro·lixi·ty (-lks-t) n.
pro·lixly adv.

prolix [ˈprəʊlɪks prəʊˈlɪks]
adj
1. (of a speech, book, etc.) so long as to be boring; verbose
2. indulging in prolix speech or writing; long-winded
[from Latin prōlixus stretched out widely, from pro-1 + līquī to flow]
prolixity  less commonly, prolixness n
prolixly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.prolix - tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"
voluble - marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations"
concise - expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"
Translations
prolix [ˈprəʊlɪks] ADJprolijo
prolix
prolix [ˈprəʊlɪks] adj (frm) → prolisso/a
prolix [ˈprəʊlɪks] adj (frm) → prolisso/a


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Some readers may, perhaps, be pleased with these minute circumstances, in relating of which we follow the example of Plutarch, one of the best of our brother historians; and others, to whom they may appear trivial, will, we hope, at least pardon them, as we are never prolix on such occasions.
He secured silence, at the outset, by a humorous allusion to the prolix speaker who had preceded him.
Thus, in a prolix, gently-growling, foolish way, did Plornish turn the tangled skein of his estate about and about, like a blind man who was trying to find some beginning or end to it; until they reached the prison gate.
 
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