prolixadj.

Brit.

/ˈprəʊlɪks/, U.S.

/proʊˈlɪks/,

/ˈproʊˌlɪks/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s prolixe, late Middle English– prolix; Scottish pre-1700 prolikis, pre-1700 prolixe, pre-1700 1700s– prolix.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prolixe; Latin prōlixus.

Etymology: < Middle French prolixe (French prolixe ) (of a discourse, text, etc.) longwinded, lengthy (c1224 in Old French as prolipse ), (of an illness) of long duration (1480), (of a writer) characterized by longwindedness (1493), physically long (1495) and its etymon classical Latin prōlixus extended, long, lengthy, copious, probably < prō- pro- prefix¹ + the same Indo-European base as classical Latin liquēre to flow, to be liquid (see liquid adj.). Compare Catalan prolix (1490), Spanish prolixo (late 14th cent.), Portuguese prolixo (15th cent.), Italian prolisso (a1342).

1. Of long duration, lengthy, protracted; overlong, overextended. Now rare in general sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious

overlonga1400

prolixc1425

prolixious1599

tediousa1616

expensive1628

lifelong1746

overlength1941

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 3568 (MED) Þe obseruaunce of swiche religious, Prolix in werkyng & not compendious.

1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots 58 There is Lotery vpon Lotery, lotting and voicing in a prolix and intricate manner enterchangeably mixed the one with the other.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xiii. xvii. 238 He shuns Prolixer Law-suits; nor does wait At Thoughtful Grandies prouder Gate.

1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xv. 367 This actual preparation is either more prolix, or more compendious. The prolix, or longer actual preparation is necessary.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 81 If the Appellant appoints a Term too prolix or none at all, the Judge may then assign a competent Term.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvi. 237 If the Chain of Consequences be a little prolix.

1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iii. 88 While the buried bacchanal Exhales his surfeit in prolixer dreams.

1894 O. Elton in tr. Saxo Grammaticus Nine Bks. Danish Hist. (1905) I. p. xviii Infinite and prolix industry, a sharp eye for the text, and continence in emendation..are not his only virtues.

1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 8 Mother's was a prolix and generally rather inelegant parturition.

a. spec. Of speech, writing, vocal music, etc.: tediously lengthy; using or containing too many words; long-winded, wordy, verbose.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix

tedious1412

prolix?a1475

prolixtc1485

longa1525

prolixious1577

long-winded1589

long-drawn1592

wire-drawn1603

long-breatheda1628

long-spun1633

pedalian1636

oblong1643

lacinious1648

long-lunged1660

lengthened1705

libertine1710

lengthy1759

incompendious1833

lengthsome1836

spun1869

lengtheninga1872

fine-drawn1888

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 325 Iustinianus..coartede the lawes of the Romanes, occupyenge allemoste..iijc ml. versus, as is prolixe [L. prolixa] dissonaunce within oon volume of xij bookes.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 214 What shuld I bring forth prolixe or long talkyng?

1598 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. X iv To speake thus particularly of all his seuerall humours and customes, would bee very prolixe.

1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia 34 And euen thus I have shaddowed I hope, without the guilt of tedious, or prolix discourses..the..condition..of Virginia.

a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 331 Prolixe prayers, hindering the preaching of the Word.

1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 511 Should I, my friend, at large repeat..The bead-roll of her vicious tricks; My poem will be too prolix.

1782 J. Byng Diary 23 Aug. in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 71 On the road I make no doubt but that I shall, for lack of company, be very prolix in my narration.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 182 He instantly interrupted his own prolix narration of the skirmish which had taken place.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. vi. 237 They are intolerant of all that is prolix, circuitous, not essential to the proof of the thesis in hand.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 672/2 The general style is prolix, involved and vicious.

1986 Early Music 14 458/1 A well-shaped interpretation of the prolix final chorus.

2004 E. S. Shneidman Autopsy of Suicidal Mind ii. 8 This prolix suicide note is as close to a catamnestic report..from Arthur himself as we are able to get.

b. Of a person: given to or characterized by tedious lengthiness in speech or writing.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix > of persons

prolixa1527

prolixousa1527

large1605

voluminous1611

wire-drawing1741

elongative1836

aeolistic1882

prolixious1913

a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. D2^v I shoulde bee too prolixe.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 184 If any man shall think me prolix and tedious in this place, I must for that point craue pardon.

1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged xxxviii. §9 I will forbeare to be prolixe..in the particular memoration of places in a Prouince so spatious.

1685 J. Chamberlayne tr. A. Colmenero de Ledesma Treat. Chocolate in P. S. Dufour Manner of making Coffee, Tea, & Chocolate 108 That I may not seem too prolix, and to trespass on the Readers patience.

1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §22 I am afraid..I am needlessly prolix in handling this subject.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 15 Apr. 9 Conscious dulness has little right to be prolix.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. vii. 118 But not to be too prolix, it will suffice to say, that we made many trips during several months.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xcviii. 1 Asks some booby rebuke, some prolix prattler a judgment?

1956 O. Welles Mr. Arkadin ii. i. 98 Sir Joseph, prolix, and ready to preach about everything concerning Onassis and the late Gulbenkian.

1984 B. Breytenbach Mouroir 121 They carp at my being prolix, verbose.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Apr. 22/2 Sometimes his emotions lead him to be prolix and self-indulgent, or to make the kind of empty gestures we find in ‘Moments When the Light’.

3. Long in measurement or extent. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long

longsomeeOE

fara1000

longOE

prolixa1500

of length1597

prolixious1599

lengthful?1611

tediousa1616

distanta1645

longinquous1670

long-drawn1726

lengthy1760

prolongated1776

a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 107 (MED) Yf the chynne be full longe and prolixe [L. si..longe atque in prolixum discernatur], with gilis hys mynde is occupied.

1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 92 The flegmaticke and moyst man hathe a moste prolixe increment in the nayles.

1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) viii. 142 Men that were lately found.., whose Ears are so prolix, that they hang down even unto the ground.

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 187 [A] fatherly, prolixe, and reverentiall beard.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xviii. 68 Such large and prolix Shadows might Christianity cast.

a1745 J. Swift My Lady's Lament. in Wks. (1765) VIII. ii. 181 My fingers, prolix, Are ten crooked sticks.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 361 With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist.

1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 414 Long prolix beards appear..on some figures, to mark the virile or senile age.

1865 S. Pancoast Ladies' Med. Guide (ed. 6) iii. iii. 471 Bulwer..affirms that there is a mountain in Ethiopia..where the women have prolix beards and whiskers.

2006 sergesblog.blogspot.com 27 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) An English friend..spent a couple of years as..a schoolmaster in a Pakistani village, wearing native clothes and a beard even more prolix than mine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prolix
释义	prolixadj. Brit. /ˈprəʊlɪks/, U.S. /proʊˈlɪks/, /ˈproʊˌlɪks/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s prolixe, late Middle English– prolix; Scottish pre-1700 prolikis, pre-1700 prolixe, pre-1700 1700s– prolix. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prolixe; Latin prōlixus. Etymology: < Middle French prolixe (French prolixe ) (of a discourse, text, etc.) longwinded, lengthy (c1224 in Old French as prolipse ), (of an illness) of long duration (1480), (of a writer) characterized by longwindedness (1493), physically long (1495) and its etymon classical Latin prōlixus extended, long, lengthy, copious, probably < prō- pro- prefix¹ + the same Indo-European base as classical Latin liquēre to flow, to be liquid (see liquid adj.). Compare Catalan prolix (1490), Spanish prolixo (late 14th cent.), Portuguese prolixo (15th cent.), Italian prolisso (a1342). 1. Of long duration, lengthy, protracted; overlong, overextended. Now rare in general sense. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious overlonga1400 prolixc1425 prolixious1599 tediousa1616 expensive1628 lifelong1746 overlength1941 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 3568 (MED) Þe obseruaunce of swiche religious, Prolix in werkyng & not compendious. 1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots 58 There is Lotery vpon Lotery, lotting and voicing in a prolix and intricate manner enterchangeably mixed the one with the other. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xiii. xvii. 238 He shuns Prolixer Law-suits; nor does wait At Thoughtful Grandies prouder Gate. 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xv. 367 This actual preparation is either more prolix, or more compendious. The prolix, or longer actual preparation is necessary. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 81 If the Appellant appoints a Term too prolix or none at all, the Judge may then assign a competent Term. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvi. 237 If the Chain of Consequences be a little prolix. 1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iii. 88 While the buried bacchanal Exhales his surfeit in prolixer dreams. 1894 O. Elton in tr. Saxo Grammaticus Nine Bks. Danish Hist. (1905) I. p. xviii Infinite and prolix industry, a sharp eye for the text, and continence in emendation..are not his only virtues. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 8 Mother's was a prolix and generally rather inelegant parturition. 2. a. spec. Of speech, writing, vocal music, etc.: tediously lengthy; using or containing too many words; long-winded, wordy, verbose. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix tedious1412 prolix?a1475 prolixtc1485 longa1525 prolixious1577 long-winded1589 long-drawn1592 wire-drawn1603 long-breatheda1628 long-spun1633 pedalian1636 oblong1643 lacinious1648 long-lunged1660 lengthened1705 libertine1710 lengthy1759 incompendious1833 lengthsome1836 spun1869 lengtheninga1872 fine-drawn1888 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 325 Iustinianus..coartede the lawes of the Romanes, occupyenge allemoste..iijc ml. versus, as is prolixe [L. prolixa] dissonaunce within oon volume of xij bookes. c1500 Melusine (1895) 214 What shuld I bring forth prolixe or long talkyng? 1598 R. Dallington View of Fraunce sig. X iv To speake thus particularly of all his seuerall humours and customes, would bee very prolixe. 1615 R. Hamor True Disc. Present Estate Virginia 34 And euen thus I have shaddowed I hope, without the guilt of tedious, or prolix discourses..the..condition..of Virginia. a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 331 Prolixe prayers, hindering the preaching of the Word. 1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 511 Should I, my friend, at large repeat..The bead-roll of her vicious tricks; My poem will be too prolix. 1782 J. Byng Diary 23 Aug. in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 71 On the road I make no doubt but that I shall, for lack of company, be very prolix in my narration. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 182 He instantly interrupted his own prolix narration of the skirmish which had taken place. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. vi. 237 They are intolerant of all that is prolix, circuitous, not essential to the proof of the thesis in hand. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 672/2 The general style is prolix, involved and vicious. 1986 Early Music 14 458/1 A well-shaped interpretation of the prolix final chorus. 2004 E. S. Shneidman Autopsy of Suicidal Mind ii. 8 This prolix suicide note is as close to a catamnestic report..from Arthur himself as we are able to get. b. Of a person: given to or characterized by tedious lengthiness in speech or writing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix > of persons prolixa1527 prolixousa1527 large1605 voluminous1611 wire-drawing1741 elongative1836 aeolistic1882 prolixious1913 a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. D2^v I shoulde bee too prolixe. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 184 If any man shall think me prolix and tedious in this place, I must for that point craue pardon. 1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged xxxviii. §9 I will forbeare to be prolixe..in the particular memoration of places in a Prouince so spatious. 1685 J. Chamberlayne tr. A. Colmenero de Ledesma Treat. Chocolate in P. S. Dufour Manner of making Coffee, Tea, & Chocolate 108 That I may not seem too prolix, and to trespass on the Readers patience. 1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §22 I am afraid..I am needlessly prolix in handling this subject. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 15 Apr. 9 Conscious dulness has little right to be prolix. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. vii. 118 But not to be too prolix, it will suffice to say, that we made many trips during several months. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xcviii. 1 Asks some booby rebuke, some prolix prattler a judgment? 1956 O. Welles Mr. Arkadin ii. i. 98 Sir Joseph, prolix, and ready to preach about everything concerning Onassis and the late Gulbenkian. 1984 B. Breytenbach Mouroir 121 They carp at my being prolix, verbose. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Apr. 22/2 Sometimes his emotions lead him to be prolix and self-indulgent, or to make the kind of empty gestures we find in ‘Moments When the Light’. 3. Long in measurement or extent. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long longsomeeOE fara1000 longOE prolixa1500 of length1597 prolixious1599 lengthful?1611 tediousa1616 distanta1645 longinquous1670 long-drawn1726 lengthy1760 prolongated1776 a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 107 (MED) Yf the chynne be full longe and prolixe [L. si..longe atque in prolixum discernatur], with gilis hys mynde is occupied. 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 92 The flegmaticke and moyst man hathe a moste prolixe increment in the nayles. 1653 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis (rev. ed.) viii. 142 Men that were lately found.., whose Ears are so prolix, that they hang down even unto the ground. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 187 [A] fatherly, prolixe, and reverentiall beard. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xviii. 68 Such large and prolix Shadows might Christianity cast. a1745 J. Swift My Lady's Lament. in Wks. (1765) VIII. ii. 181 My fingers, prolix, Are ten crooked sticks. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 361 With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist. View more context for this quotation 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 414 Long prolix beards appear..on some figures, to mark the virile or senile age. 1865 S. Pancoast Ladies' Med. Guide (ed. 6) iii. iii. 471 Bulwer..affirms that there is a mountain in Ethiopia..where the women have prolix beards and whiskers. 2006 sergesblog.blogspot.com 27 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) An English friend..spent a couple of years as..a schoolmaster in a Pakistani village, wearing native clothes and a beard even more prolix than mine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). prolixv. Brit. /ˈprəʊlɪks/, U.S. /proʊˈlɪks/, /ˈproʊˌlɪks/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: prolix adj. Etymology: < prolix adj. rare. intransitive. To be prolix or tedious. Also transitive with it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > be prolix prolixa1538 to summer and winter1724 to make words1823 a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. B.ij But by prolixing & pronouncing in facunde Retorie, The Commons them selues the Citie edified. 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 88 I am afraid that I have transgrest both in quantity and quality,..so by encroaching on your Highness patience in prolixing it. 2001 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 27 May 90 As Opposition Leader Beazley prolixed and beazled on about the Budget, he predictably whined on about the Treasurer's smirk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1425v.a1538
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