About The Word Prolix
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Prolix
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What's The Definition Of Prolix?
[adj] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Prolix: diffuse | long-winded | pleonastic | redundant | tautologic | tautological | tedious | verbal | verbose | windy | wordy Related Terms | Find terms related to Prolix: See Also | voluble Prolix In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*lix"\ (?; 277), a. [L. prolixus extended, long,
prolix, probably fr. pro before, forward + liqui to flow,
akin to liquidus liquid; cf. OL. lixa water: cf. F. prolixe.
See {Liquid}.]
1. Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in
narration or argument; excessively particular in detail;
-- rarely used except with reference to discourse written
or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix
sermon.
With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist.
--Cowper.
2. Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; --
applied to a speaker or writer.
Syn: Long; diffuse; prolonged; protracted; tedious; tiresome;
wearisome.
Usage: {Prolix}, {Diffuse}. A prolix writer delights in
circumlocution, extended detail, and trifling
particulars. A diffuse writer is fond of amplifying,
and abounds in epithets, figures, and illustrations.
Diffuseness often arises from an exuberance of
imagination; prolixity is generally connected with a
want of it.
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