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prolix

adj
/ˈpɹəʊ.lɪks/UK/pɹoʊˈlɪks/US

Etymology

From Old French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus (“stretched out; courteous, favorable”). The verb is derived from the adjective.

  1. derived from prōlixus
  2. derived from prolixe

Definitions

  1. Tediously lengthy

    Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.

    • "Give me but the luxury of answering to one of his prolix, contradictory speeches, and...I only ask the revenge of a reply."
    • People who have blamed [Jean Charles Léonard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy.
    • From General Peckem's office on the mainland came prolix bulletins each day headed by such cheery homilies as "Procrastination is the Thief of Time and "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness."

  2. Long

    Long; having great length.

  3. To be tediously lengthy.

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Derived

overprolix, prolixity, prolixly, prolixness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prolix. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA