1: unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long 2: marked by or using an excess of words
prolixity prō-ˈlik-sə-tē noun prolixly adverb
Did you know? There's no way to talk about prolix without being redundant, verbose, and wordy. That's because the word is a synonym of all of those long-winded terms. Of those words, prolix is the one most likely to suggest unreasonable and tedious dwelling on details. It derives from prolixus, a Latin term meaning "extended" or "copious." Prolixus originated from a combination of the prefix pro- (which means "forward") and the past participle of liquēre, a verb meaning "to be fluid." True to that history, something that is prolix flows on and on.
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prolix
adjective
pro·lix prō-ˈliks ˈprō-(ˌ)liks
1: unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
2: marked by or using an excess of words
prolixity
prō-ˈlik-sə-tē
noun
prolixly adverb
Did you know?
There's no way to talk about prolix without being redundant, verbose, and wordy. That's because the word is a synonym of all of those long-winded terms. Of those words, prolix is the one most likely to suggest unreasonable and tedious dwelling on details. It derives from prolixus, a Latin term meaning "extended" or "copious." Prolixus originated from a combination of the prefix pro- (which means "forward") and the past participle of liquēre, a verb meaning "to be fluid." True to that history, something that is prolix flows on and on.
Synonyms- circuitous circumlocutory diffuse garrulous logorrheic long-winded pleonastic
rambling verbose windy wordy
I saw this word used exactly one time in my life and it was in a Philip K Dick book. You need a dictionary to read him!
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