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Definition of Prolix
1. Adjective. Tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length. "A prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know"
Attributes: Long-windedness, Prolixity, Prolixness, Windiness, Wordiness
Similar to: Diffuse, Long-winded, Tedious, Verbose, Windy, Wordy, Verbal, Pleonastic, Redundant, Tautologic, Tautological
Also: Voluble
Antonyms: Concise
Derivative terms: Prolixity, Prolixness
Similar to: Diffuse, Long-winded, Tedious, Verbose, Windy, Wordy, Verbal, Pleonastic, Redundant, Tautologic, Tautological
Also: Voluble
Antonyms: Concise
Derivative terms: Prolixity, Prolixness
Definition of Prolix
1. a. 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.
Definition of Prolix
1. tediously long and wordy [adj] : PROLIXLY [adv]