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Meaning of "prolixious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROLIXIOUS

prəˈlɪksɪəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROLIXIOUS

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

WHAT DOES PROLIXIOUS 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 prolixious in the English dictionary

The definition of prolixious in the dictionary is long-winded; drawn out.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROLIXIOUS

Alcaeus · caduceus · caseous · Celsius · Dionysius · gaseous · griseous · gypseous · interosseous · Nicias · nongaseous · Odysseus · orichalceous · osseous · Penzias · Perseus · piceous · Pseudo-Dionysius · syngenesious · Theseus

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROLIXIOUS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROLIXIOUS

anxious · conscious · curious · delicious · furious · hilarious · innoxious · luxurious · noxious · obnoxious · obvious · overanxious · precious · previous · religious · serious · spacious · unanxious · unobnoxious · various

Synonyms and antonyms of prolixious in the English dictionary of synonyms

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prolixious
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prolixious
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prolixious
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prolixious
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROLIXIOUS»

Discover the use of prolixious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prolixious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Measure for ...
And now I give my sensual race the rein 8 : Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite ; Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes 9, That banish what they sue for ; redeem thy brother By yielding up thy body to my will : Or else he must not only die the ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, 1821
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
And now I give my sensual race the rein 8 : Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite ; Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes9, That banish what they sue for ; redeem thy brother By yielding up thy body to my will : Or else he must not only die the ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, 1821
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and ...
And smell of calumny.7 I have begun ; And now I give my sensual race the rein :s Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite ; Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes,9 That banish what they sue for ; redeem thy brother By yielding up thy body to my  ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, 1805
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and ...
9 --- and prolixious blushe5,] The word pralixiaus is not peculiar to Shakspeare. I find it in Mqszr lxi: Birilz and Miraclcs, by Drayton : ' ' ' u Most part by water, more pralixious was, " Scc. Again, in the Dedication to Gabriel Har1lcy's Hunt ii Up, ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, 2012
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Much ado about nothing; Measure for measure
9 — — and prolixious blushes,] The word prolixious is not peculiar to Shakspeare . I find it in Moses his Birth and Miracles, by Drayton : " Most part by water, mare prolixious was," &c. Again, in the Dedication to Gabriel Harvey 's Hunt is up, ...
William Shakespeare, 1813
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The Plays of William Shakespeare
I have begun ; And now I give my sensual race the rein : Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite; Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes, That banish what they sue for; redeem thy brother r else he must not only 1e e ea , " But thy unkindness  ...
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, 1809
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Merry wives of Windsor. Twelfth night (What you will). ...
I have begun; 0 And nowI give my sensual race the rein:8 Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite; Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes,9 That banish what they sue for; redeem thy brother By yielding up thy body to my will; Or else he must not  ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, 1805
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: With ...
I have begun ; And now I give my sensual race the rein : Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite ; Eay by all nicety, and prolixious blulhes ', That " Pro. Fair dame, iny outward looks my inward thoughts be- " wray, " If you mistrust, to search my harte, ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, 1778
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
... or prokiag spit of Spaine. Hall's Satires, iv. 4. PROLIXIOUS, a. Prolix, causing delay. Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes, That banish what they sue for. Meat, for Meat. ii. 4, — More prolixious was Than present peril any whit commended.
Robert Nares, 1822
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
Piping hote puffes toward the pointed plume, Willi a broad Scot, or proking-spit of Spaine. Ball's Satires, iv, 4. PROLIXIOUS, «. Prolix, causing delay. Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes. That banish what they sue for. Mens, for Meas., ii, 4 .
Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, 1859
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Prolixious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prolixious>. May 2024 ».
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