Associations to the word «Prolix»
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Wiktionary
PROLIX, adjective. Tediously lengthy.
PROLIX, adjective. Tending to use big or obscure words, which few understand.
Dictionary definition
PROLIX, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.