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# Tediously [[lengthy]]. |
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#* {{quote-journal|journal=The Quarterly Review|year=1843|title=Bossi—Necrologia|author=G. C. Leonardo Sismondi.|volume=72|issue=144|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=045ZAAAAIAAJ&dq=prolix&pg=PA333|page=333|passage=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.}} |
#* {{quote-journal|journal=The Quarterly Review|year=1843|title=Bossi—Necrologia|author=G. C. Leonardo Sismondi.|volume=72|issue=144|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=045ZAAAAIAAJ&dq=prolix&pg=PA333|page=333|passage=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.}} |
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# Tending to use [[big]] or [[obscure]] [[words]], which few [[understand]]. |
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Revision as of 15:47, 19 June 2016
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French prolixe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prōlixus (“courteous, favorable”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.lɪks/ - (US) (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /pɹoʊˈlɪks/
Adjective
prolix (comparative more prolix, superlative most prolix)
Synonyms
- (tediously lengthy): bombastic, long-winded, verbose, wordy
- See also Wikisaurus:verbose
Antonyms
Translations
tediously lengthy
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tending to use large or obscure words, which few understand
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Catalan
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prōlixus (“courteous, favorable”).
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /pɾuˈɫiks/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Rhymes: -iks - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Homophone: prolixs
Adjective
prolix (feminine prolixa, masculine plural prolixos, feminine plural prolixes)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English autological terms
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- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan 2-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/iks
- Catalan terms with homophones
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan adjectives