# prolix
## English
### Etymology

From Old French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus (“stretched out; courteous, favorable”). The verb is derived from the adjective.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹəʊ.lɪks/
* (US) IPA: /pɹoʊˈlɪks/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊlɪks, -ɪks

### Adjective

prolix (comparative more prolix, superlative most prolix)
* Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
    Synonyms: verbose; see also Thesaurus:verbose
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:concise
** 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 298:"Give me but the luxury of answering to one of his prolix, contradictory speeches, and...I only ask the revenge of a reply."
** 1843, G. C. Leonardo Sismondi., “Bossi—Necrologia”, in The Quarterly Review‎, volume 72, number 144, page 333: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.
** 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Major Major Major Major”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 90: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."
** 1992 September 13, William Grimes, “The Ridiculous Vision of Mark Leyner”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:Traditional narratives he found too prolix and discursive. "There's always 14 pages describing a lawn that you skip over," he says.
** 2008, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis (lyrics and music), “We Call Upon The Author”, in Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:Prolix! Prolix! / Nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!
* (obsolete) Long; having great length.

#### Derived terms

* prolixity

#### Related terms

* lax

#### Translations
### Verb

prolix (third-person singular simple present prolixes, present participle prolixing, simple past and past participle prolixed)
* (rare) To be tediously lengthy.

### Further reading

* “prolix”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “prolix”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* “prolix, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōlixus (“courteous, favorable”). Compare Spanish prolijo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pɾuˈliks]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾoˈliks]
* Rhymes: -iks
* Homophone: prolixs

### Adjective

prolix (feminine prolixa, masculine plural prolixos, feminine plural prolixes)
* prolix

#### Derived terms

* prolixament

#### Related terms

* prolixitat

### Further reading

* “prolix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “prolix”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “prolix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “prolix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus.

### Adjective

prolix m or n (feminine singular prolixă, masculine plural prolicși, feminine and neuter plural prolixe)
* prolix

#### Related terms

* prolixitate