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prolix
(encz) | prolix,zdlouhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Prolix
(gcide) | Prolix \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.]
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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.
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With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist.
--Cowper.
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2. Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; --
applied to a speaker or writer.
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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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prolix
(wn) | prolix
adj 1: 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" [ant: concise] |
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prolix
(encz) | prolix,zdlouhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prolixity
(encz) | prolixity,rozvláčnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
prolixly
(encz) | prolixly, |
prolixness
(encz) | prolixness, n: |
Prolixious
(gcide) | Prolixious \Pro*lix"ious\, a.
Dilatory; tedious; superfluous. [Obs.] "Lay by all nicety,
and prolixious blushes." --Shak.
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Prolixity
(gcide) | Prolixity \Pro*lix"i*ty\, n. [L. prolixitas: cf. F.
prolixit['e].]
The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute
detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings. "For
fulsomeness of his prolixitee." --Chaucer.
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Idly running on with vain prolixity. --Drayton.
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Prolixly
(gcide) | Prolixly \Pro*lix"ly\, adv.
In a prolix manner. --Dryden.
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Prolixness
(gcide) | Prolixness \Pro*lix"ness\, n.
Prolixity. --Adam Smith.
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prolix
(wn) | prolix
adj 1: 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" [ant: concise] |
prolixity
(wn) | prolixity
n 1: boring verbosity [syn: prolixity, prolixness,
windiness, long-windedness, wordiness] |
prolixness
(wn) | prolixness
n 1: boring verbosity [syn: prolixity, prolixness,
windiness, long-windedness, wordiness] |
PROLIXIT
(bouvier) | PROLIXITY. The unnecessary and superfluous statement of facts in pleading or
in evidence. This will be rejected as impertinent. 7 Price, 278, n.
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