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prolix

[ proh-liks, proh-liks ]

adjective

  1. extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.

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  2. (of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.

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prolix

/ 藞pr蓹蕣l瑟ks; pr蓹蕣藞l瑟ks /

adjective

  1. (of a speech, book, etc) so long as to be boring; verbose
  2. indulging in prolix speech or writing; long-winded
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辫谤辞藞濒颈虫濒测, adverb
  • 辫谤辞藞濒颈虫颈迟测, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤辞路濒颈虫路颈路迟测 [proh-, lik, -si-tee], 辫谤辞路濒颈虫路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 辫谤辞路濒颈虫路濒测 adverb
  • 辞路惫别谤路辫谤辞路濒颈虫 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prolix1

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; late Middle English, from Latin 辫谤艒濒颈虫耻蝉 鈥渆xtended, long,鈥 equivalent to 辫谤艒- pro- 1 + -lixus, akin to 濒墨辩耻墨 鈥渢o flow鈥; liquor
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prolix1

C15: from Latin 辫谤艒濒颈虫耻蝉 stretched out widely, from pro- 1+ 濒墨辩耻墨 to flow
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Synonym Study

See wordy.
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In 1949, a young American artist named Ray Johnson left Black Mountain College near Asheville, N.C., moved to New York City and began to explore his prolix talents, both visual and verbal.

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On one especially prolix ballad, 鈥淏lind,鈥 she lets her lyrics fly fast and furious, only half-apologizing for being 鈥渞aunchy like Bob Saget鈥 before outlining how toxic romances erode self-worth.

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It鈥檚 hard to imagine a more committed recording; but if there are moments in the first three movements when Rott鈥檚 promise truly shines through, there鈥檚 nothing Hrusa can do for the absurdly prolix finale.

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She added, in a prolix sentence that nonetheless makes its point, 鈥淥r is it actually that the sense of achievement his work self-consciously carries with it itself carries less credibility than it used to?鈥

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He wasn鈥檛 a particularly gifted or prolix orator.

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