prolix

prolix
adj
1. verbose, wordy, long-winded; tautological, redundant, pleonastic, battological; discursive, digressive, rambling, wandering; circumlocutory, roundabout, circuitous, ambagious; lengthy, very long, extensive, sesquipedalian; extended, drawn out, dragged out, protracted, long-drawn, long-drawn-out, long-spun, spun out, prolonged, prolongated, lengthened, elongated, elongate; profuse, profusive, extravagant, uneconomical; detailed, full of detail, full of verbiage, padded; diffuse, garrulous, talkative, loquacious, voluble; boring, tedious, tiring, dreary, wearisome, monotonous, dry, dry-as-dust, humdrum, prosaic.
2. bombastic, orotund, grandiose, grandiloquent, Johnsonian, Ossianic; flatulent, turgid, plethoric, euphuistic, periphrastic.

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  • 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Extending to a great length; unnecessarily… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prolix — PROLÍX, Ă, prolicşi, xe, adj. (Despre vorbire, stil) Lipsit de concizie, prea complicat; (despre oameni) care se exprimă cu prea multe cuvinte (adesea inutile), confuz sau complicat. – Din fr. prolixe, lat. prolixus. Trimis de romac, 13.09.2007.… …   Dicționar Român

  • prolix — [prō liks′, prō′liks΄] adj. [ME prolixe < L prolixus, extended, prolix < pro , forth + base of liquere, to flow: see LIQUID] 1. so wordy as to be tiresome; verbose 2. using more words than are necessary; long winded SYN. WORDY prolixity n.… …   English World dictionary

  • prolix — I adjective bombastic, boresome, boring, circumlocutory, copious, diffuse, discursive, drearisome, extended, full of verbiage, lengthy, long, long spun, long winded, longus, maundering, monotonous, padded, pleonastic, pleonastical, prolonged,… …   Law dictionary

  • prolix — early 15c., from O.Fr. prolixe (14c.), from L. prolixus extended, lit. poured out, from pro forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + base of liquere to flow (see LIQUID (Cf. liquid) (adj.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • prolix — *wordy, verbose, diffuse, redundant Analogous words: tedious, irksome, tiresome, wearisome: prolonged, protracted (see EXTEND): pleonastic, circumlocutory, redundant, tautological (see corresponding nouns at VERBIAGE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • prolix — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of speech or writing) tediously lengthy. DERIVATIVES prolixity noun prolixly adverb. ORIGIN Latin prolixus poured forth, extended …   English terms dictionary

  • Prolix — Liste des personnages d Astérix le Gaulois Voici la liste des personnages de la bande dessinée Astérix le Gaulois par René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo, classés par ordre alphabétique. Sommaire 1 Personnages du village 1.1 Abraracourcix 1.2… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • prolix — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French prolix, from Latin prolixus extended, from pro forward + liquēre to be fluid more at liquid Date: 15th century 1. unduly prolonged or drawn out ; too long 2. marked by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • prolix — adjective /ˈpɹəʊ.lɪks,pɹoʊˈlɪks/ a) Tediously lengthy. People who have blamed [Jean Charles Léonard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy. b) Tending to use large or… …   Wiktionary

  • prolix — See redundant. See redundant, superfluous, prolix …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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