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The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.
Gilbert White

Meaning of "prolix" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROLIX

From Latin prōlixus stretched out widely, from pro-1 + līquī to flow.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROLIX

prolix  [ˈprəʊlɪks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROLIX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prolix is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROLIX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Verbosity

Verbosity is speech or writing which is deemed to use an excess of words. The opposite of verbosity is succinctness, which can be found in plain language, and laconism. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn writers not to be verbose. Similarly, some authors, including Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, use a succinct style and avoid verbosity. Synonyms for verbosity include wordiness, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, and logorrhea. Corresponding adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix, grandiloquent, garrulous, and logorrheic. Examples of verbosity are common in political speech, academic prose, and other genres.

Definition of prolix in the English dictionary

The definition of prolix in the dictionary is so long as to be boring; verbose. Other definition of prolix is indulging in prolix speech or writing; long-winded.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROLIX


anthelix
æntˈhiːlɪks
antihelix
ˌæntɪˈhiːlɪks
bollix
ˈbɒlɪks
bricks-and-clicks
ˌbrɪksəndˈklɪks
calix
ˈkeɪlɪks
calyx
ˈkeɪlɪks
cylix
ˈsaɪlɪks
epicalyx
ˌɛpɪˈkeɪlɪks
flicks
flɪks
flix
flɪks
helix
ˈhiːlɪks
horlicks
ˈhɔːlɪks
hydraulics
haɪˈdrɒlɪks
kylix
ˈkaɪlɪks
nectocalyx
ˌnɛktəʊˈkeɪlɪks
pompholyx
ˈpɒmfəlɪks
salix
ˈseɪlɪks
spondulicks
spɒnˈduːlɪks
spondulix
spɒnˈdjuːlɪks
superhelix
ˈsuːpərˌhiːlɪks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROLIX

prolicidal
prolicide
proliferate
proliferation
proliferative
proliferous
proliferously
prolific
prolificacy
prolifical
prolifically
prolification
prolificity
prolificness
proline
prolixious
prolixity
prolixly
prolixness
proll

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROLIX

Aix
alpha helix
appendix
Beatrix
dominatrix
double helix
fix
Grand Prix
Hendrix
matrix
mix
nix
phoenix
pix
prefix
remix
Roubaix
six
suffix
tix

Synonyms and antonyms of prolix in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROLIX»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «prolix» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of prolix

Translation of «prolix» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROLIX

Find out the translation of prolix to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prolix from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prolix» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冗长
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prolija
570 millions of speakers

English

prolix
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prolix
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مسهب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

многословной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prolixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পল্লবিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prolixe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prolix
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weitschweifig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

冗漫な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장황한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prolix
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dông dài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேவையற்ற அளவுக்கு நீட்டப்படுகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रोलिक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sonu gelmeyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prolisso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozwlekłe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багатослівною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prolix
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πληκτικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitvoerig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

långrandig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prolix
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prolix

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROLIX»

The term «prolix» is regularly used and occupies the 66.636 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROLIX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prolix

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QUOTES WITH «PROLIX»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prolix.
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Gilbert White
The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROLIX»

Discover the use of prolix in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prolix and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Innovative Approaches for Learning and Knowledge Sharing: ...
In order to demonstrate its concept, PROLIX set up three test beds in different fields of application. PROLIX will specify, design, implement and start to demonstrate its tools and services in more mature eLearning-aware and, therefore, lower ...
Wolfgang Nejdl, Klaus Tochtermann, 2006
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Irish Equity Reports
The answer of the defendant having been referred for prolixily, the Remembrancer reported it prolix in several passages. By order of the 13th of May , the report was sent back by the Court, On the 13th of May, a report, finding the answer to a ...
‎1840
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The North American Review
Roads, railroads, canals, &c. are intelligently described. With all this attention to the useful, Mr. Prolix has an eye to the picturesque, and a quick perception ofthe ludicrous. Some of his pictures of the natural beauties of Pennsylvania are drawn  ...
‎1836
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
<all professions are likely to develop innumerable terms that constitute an almost private jargon) Ana expression, idiom, »phrase, locution wordy, verbose, prolix, diffuse, redundant can all mean using or marked by the use of more words than ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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The New British Theatre: A Selection of Original Dramas, Not ...
And by Bar- ** naby Brief, of Lmcoln's-Inn." Prolix. And that was my master. Let me see. (Prolix endeavours to take the paper out of Fairtrade7s hand, who, however, keeps fast hold of it, but opens it out. Prolix seems to examine it minutely for ...
‎1814
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Introduction to International Human Resource Management
Case Study 10.4(Part One) Managing diversity: interventions at Prolix—Finland ( P—Fin) At the outset, Prolix adopted a global approach to managing diversity, seeking to stamp its own version on chosen subsidiaries and to deliver a cognitive ...
Eileen Crawley, Stephen Swailes, David Walsh, 2013
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
Thus he" had 71 children by his two marriages^ The' supposed miraculous story of the countess of Hollands 365 children, is explained of swim only. See LoosftuvKEN, and Margaret, N4 1. * PROLIX, adj. [prolixe, Pr. prolixus, Latin,] 1. Long ...
‎1816
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Saint Pauls [afterw.] The Saint Pauls magazine, ed. by A. ...
Mr. Dallas admits that this work is prolix, and endeavours to cure the fault. But unfortunately the book is weighted with a double prolixity. It is prolix in all its parts , as well as in its whole. Cut it to pieces as you will, and it will still be prolix.
Anthony Trollope, 1869
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saint pauls
Mr. Dallas admits that this work is prolix, and endeavours to cure the fault. But unfortunately the book is weighted with a double prolixity. It is prolix in all its parts , as well as in its wholo. Cut it to pieces as you will, and it will still be prolix.
anthony tollope, 1869
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The Saint Pauls Magazine
Mr. Dallas admits that this work is prolix, and endeavours to cure the fault. But unfortunately the book is weighted with a double prolixity. It is prolix in all its parts , as well as in its whole. Cut it to pieces as you will, and it will still be prolix.
Anthony Trollope, 1869

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROLIX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prolix is used in the context of the following news items.
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Poe Ballantine, recording angel of the American underbelly
DFW was seven years Ballantine's junior and infinitely more famous than his obscure fellow writer. It is full of his distinctions: prolix and abstract ... «Crikey, Jul 15»
2
In Lois & Clark, Superman wasn't always bulletproof
... prolix Leslie Jordan, putting his natural Tennessee accent to charming use). Waldecker, about to commit suicide in front of his mother's grave, ... «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jul 15»
3
Hell's Five Hours
... a long prologue consisting of stock footage of rocket launches accompanied by portentous, prolix narration by an uncredited Marvin Miller. «DVD Talk, Jul 15»
4
A couple of law review articles we actually like
Regardless of the Article's suspicion (born, we think, of reading too many overly prolix complaints and overly terse answers) that there is ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
5
Operalia, Royal Opera House, review: 'an unfair test'
So given the enormous amount of applauding, speechifying and kowtowing to Saint Placido that padded out the prolix proceedings, this wasn't ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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SINGER: Seriousness and triviality: Some thoughts
... that first, prolix meeting between the two, they broke famously with each other, going their own ways. Jung's “collective unconscious” and the ... «Niagara Gazette, Jul 15»
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Teens on the Mall: These young people give the Bard a gentle …
Both actors show an ingenue's tenderness and candor, and have an intimate grasp of their prolix vows. I would love to see a little more ... «Portland Phoenix, Jul 15»
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Best holiday reads 2015
The never-finished classic is going to be Proust. Who among us can put a hand up and say: “I've read the whole thing”? Dreamy, prolix, funny ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Lakmé, Opera Holland Park, review: 'sensuous'
If only it was a little shorter: are there some harmless snips to be made to the two prolix first acts? • The world's most glamorous opera stars. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Animals seized again from Farmington woman convicted of cruelty
Ms. Murphy's lawsuits can each be characterized as frivolous, prolix and contentious nonsense. Further, whenever a judge rules against her in ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»

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