prolix
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EtymologyEdit
From Old French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus (“courteous, favorable”).
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prolix (comparative more prolix, superlative most prolix)
- Tediously lengthy; verbose; dwelling on trivial details.
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1843, G. C. Leonardo Sismondi., “Bossi—Necrologia”, in The Quarterly Review[1], volume 72, number 144, page 333:
- 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.
- 2007, Nick Cave, We Call Upon The Author:
- Prolix! Prolix! Nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!
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- (obsolete) Long; having great length.
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tediously lengthy
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tending to use large or obscure words, which few understand