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PROLIX
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
Example:
a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know
Classified under:
Similar:
diffuse (lacking conciseness)
long-winded; tedious; verbose; windy; wordy (using or containing too many words)
verbal (prolix)
pleonastic; redundant; tautologic; tautological (repetition of same sense in different words)
Also:
voluble (marked by a ready flow of speech)
Attribute:
long-windedness; prolixity; prolixness; windiness; wordiness (boring verbosity)
Antonym:
concise (expressing much in few words)
Derivation:
prolixity; prolixness (boring verbosity)
