prolix
/pɹoʊˈlɪks/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""Give me but the luxury of answering to one of his prolix, contradictory speeches, and...I only ask the revenge of a reply.""
- "People who have blamed [Jean Charles Léonard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy."
- "From General Peckem's office on the mainland came prolix bulletins each day headed by such cheery homilies as "Procrastination is the Thief of Time and "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness.""
- "Traditional narratives he found too prolix and discursive. "There's always 14 pages describing a lawn that you skip over," he says."
- "Prolix! Prolix! / Nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: prolixe, prōlixus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹoʊˈlɪks/
- British English: /ˈpɹəʊ.lɪks/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more prolix (comparative)
most prolix (superlative)
prolixes (present, singular)
prolixing (participle, present)
prolixed (participle, past)
prolixed (past)