prolix

  • 11prolix — See redundant. See redundant, superfluous, prolix …

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  • 12prolix — pro|lix [ˈprəulıks US prouˈlıks] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: prolixe, from Latin prolixus flowing out in large quantities , from liquere to flow ] a prolix piece of writing has too many words and is boring …

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  • 13prolix — adjective formal a prolix piece of writing has too many words and is boring …

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  • 14prolix — adjective his prolix speeches Syn: long winded, verbose, wordy, pleonastic, discursive, rambling, long drawn out, overlong, lengthy, protracted, interminable; informal windy, waffly …

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  • 15prolix — prolixity /proh lik si tee/, prolixness, n. prolixly, adv. /proh liks , proh liks/, adj. 1. extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy. 2. (of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length. [1375 1425;… …

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  • 16prolix — pro|lịx <Adj.> [lat. prolixus, eigtl. = reichlich lang, weit] (bildungsspr. veraltet): ausführlich, weitschweifig …

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  • 17prolix — Synonyms and related words: all jaw, blah, broken record, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational, de longue haleine, de trop, diffuse, dispensable, drearisome, dreary, dry, dryasdust, dull, dusty, effusive, endless, everlasting, excess,… …

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  • 18prolix — pro|lix Mot Agut Adjectiu variable …

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  • 19prolíx — adj. m., pl. prolícşi, f. sg. prolíxã, pl. prolíxe …

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  • 20prolix — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lengthy, wordy, long winded, discursive, verbose, dif fuse; tedious. See diffuseness.Ant., taciturn. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. diffuse, wordy, tedious; see verbose . III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …

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