prolixe

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin prōlixus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.liks/

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Adjective

prolixe (plural prolixes)

1. prolix; overly talkative

Related terms

• prolixité

Further reading

• “prolixe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology 1

From prōlixus +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈlik.seː/, [proːˈlʲɪks̠eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈlik.se/, [proˈlikse]

Adverb

prōlixē (comparative prōlixius, superlative prōlixissimē)

1. largely, abundantly

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈlik.se/, [proːˈlʲɪks̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈlik.se/, [proˈlikse]

Adjective

prōlixe

1. vocative masculine singular of prōlixus

References

• “prolixe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prolixe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prolixe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.