Definition of prolix Prolix
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We found 8 definitions of prolix from 6 different sources.
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What does prolix mean?
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Adjectiveprolix, prolixxer, prolixxest |
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| prolix - tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know" | ||
| concise expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation" | ||
| voluble marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations" | ||
| long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, wordiness, windiness boring verbosity | ||
| diffuse spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization" | ||
| long-winded, verbose, wordy, tedious, windy using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" | ||
| verbal communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- prolix (Adjective)
Tediously lengthy. - prolix (Adjective)
Tending to use large or obscure words, which few understand.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- prolix (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. - prolix (a.)
Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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prolix
A character of the Asterix series, false soothsayer who takes advantage of the credulity of the Gauls.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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prolix
prō′liks, adj. tedious: long and wordy: dwelling too long on particulars: (obs.) long.—adj. Prolix′ious (Shak.), dilatory, tedious.—ns. Prolix′ity, Prolix′ness.—adv. Prolix′ly. [Fr. prolixe—L. prolixus—pro, forward, liqui, to flow.]
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