PROLIX

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2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon. With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist. Cowper.

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Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.