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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Tediously prolonged; wordy: editing a prolix manuscript.
  2. adj. Tending to speak or write at excessive length. See Synonyms at wordy.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Long; extended.
  2. Of long duration.
  3. Long and wordy; extending to a great length; diffuse: as, a prolix oration or sermon.
  4. Indulging in lengthy discourse; discussing at great length; tedious: as, a prolix speaker or writer.
  5. Synonyms Long, lengthy, wordy, long-winded, spun out, prolonged.
  6. Tiresome, wearisome.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Tediously lengthy.
  2. adj. Tending to use large or obscure words, which few understand.

GNU Webster's 1913

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

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length

Etymologies

  1. From Latin prōlixus ("courteous, favorable"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Old French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus, poured forth, extended. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • lweber5@scf.edu Dictionary.com, •All the cases give lengthy extracts from the judgments which, at first sight, may appear to be somewhat prolix.
    Nov 5, 2010

  • apophenia34 "prose too prolix" Jul 12, 2009

  • chained_bear To me, it sounds like prolific, which isn't its opposite and in fact helps me remember what it means! But do you mean contronym? (I don't think that's quite right either.)

    Also, thanks, WeirdNet, for #4. That cleared it all up for me. Oct 10, 2008

  • shevek This word sounds like is opposite. What sort of -nym is that? Oct 10, 2008

  • chained_bear "From the enormously prolix yet concordant testimony of the released prisoners it became apparent that she was the consort of a much more formidable ship..."
    --Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 71 Feb 29, 2008

  • seanmeade sounds like logorrhea to me... Apr 22, 2007

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