prolixious

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adjective

Prolix (tediously long or long-winded).

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Meanings

adjectiveprolixious (comparative more prolixious, superlative most prolixious)

comparative more prolixious · superlative most prolixious

  1. obsoleteProlix (tediously long or long-winded).

    Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes.

    c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]

Origin

Compare prolix.

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prolixious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prolixious

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Chicago

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