prolix

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /proʊˈlɪks/ UK /ˈprəʊlɪks/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
tediously lengthy and wordy in speech or writing

The report was so prolix that few read past the first page.

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Synonyms

1 adj · tediously lengthy and wordy... verbose wordylong-windedgarrulous rambling diffuse loquacious windy

Opposites

concise terse succinct laconic pithy brief

Word family

Derived forms prolixityprolixlyprolixness

Etymology

From Old French prolixe, from Latin prolixus ('extended, long, copious'), literally 'poured forth', from pro- ('forth') + the root of liquere ('to be fluid').

prolixus Latin liquere Latin *wleykʷ- Proto-Indo-European

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# prolix

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /proʊˈlɪks/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈprəʊlɪks/

## Meanings
1. tediously lengthy and wordy in speech or writing

## Examples
- The report was so prolix that few read past the first page.

## Synonyms
- verbose
- wordy
- long-winded
- garrulous
- rambling
- diffuse
- loquacious
- windy

## Antonyms
- concise
- terse
- succinct
- laconic
- pithy
- brief

## Derived Forms
- prolixity
- prolixly
- prolixness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prolixus
- Root: liquere
- Root: *wleykʷ-

## Etymology
From Old French prolixe, from Latin prolixus ('extended, long, copious'), literally 'poured forth', from pro- ('forth') + the root of liquere ('to be fluid').

## AI Etymology
Prolix is from Old French prolixe, from Latin prolixus ('extended, long, copious'), literally 'poured forth', from pro- ('forth') + the root of liquere ('to be fluid'). Important recorded forms include prolixus (Latin), liquere (Latin), and *wleykʷ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers tediously lengthy and wordy in speech or writing. The wider family includes derived forms such as prolixity, prolixly, and prolixness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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