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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: prolix (0.01068 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to prolix.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: prolix
prolix
adj : tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great
length;
“editing a prolix manuscript”;
“a prolix
lecturer telling you more than you want to know” [ant:
concise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Prolix
Prolix
\Pro*lix"\ (?; 277), a. [L. prolixus extended, long,
prolix, probably fr. pro before, forward + liqui to flow,
akin to liquidus liquid; cf. OL. lixa water: cf. F. prolixe.
See
Liquid.]
[1913 Webster]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist.
--Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
2. Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; --
applied to a speaker or writer.
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Syn: Long; diffuse; prolonged; protracted; tedious; tiresome;
wearisome.
Usage:
Prolix,
Diffuse. A prolix writer delights in
circumlocution, extended detail, and trifling
particulars. A diffuse writer is fond of amplifying,
and abounds in epithets, figures, and illustrations.
Diffuseness often arises from an exuberance of
imagination; prolixity is generally connected with a
want of it.
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