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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"

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. Adjective. Tediously lengthy. ¹

2. Adjective. Tending to use large or obscure words, which few understand. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prolix

1. tediously long and wordy [adj] : PROLIXLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prolix

Literary usage of Prolix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1826)
"The diffuse is properly opposed to the precise ; the prolix to the concise or laco- nir. A diffuse writer is fond of amplifica- * Vide Abb« ..."

2. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"DIFFUSE, prolix. DIFFUSE, in Latin diffusus pnn\- c\f\e of difundo to pour out or spread wide, marks the quality of being extended in space. ..."

3. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Local Courts Gazette by Canadian Bar Association (1855)
"... a " general statement of such performance substituted, ou the " ground that the statement thereof in the said first count is " unnecessary and prolix. ..."

4. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... style has too much of repetition ; the prolix style abounds in tautology. ... by the name of a story-teller, lo be much more insufferable than A prolix ..."

5. History of English Poetry from the 12th to the Close of the 16th Century by Charles Dudley Warner, Thomas Warton, Geo. C. Rand & Avery, William Carew Hazlitt, Richard Price (1871)
"... it is extraordinary that the name of the writer of fo prolix and laborious a work, ... prolix ..."

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