prolix

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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

They are extremely prolix, formal, proverbial, and argumentative. — Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
And the other symbols may be explained in a similar manner, that we may not be too prolix here. — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius
Our foremost now are more prolix, And scrape with three-fell fiddlesticks, And, whether bound for griefs or smiles, Are slow to turn as crocodiles. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor

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