prolixiousadj.
/prəˈlɪksɪəs/, U.S. /prəˈlɪksiəs/, /proʊˈlɪksiəs/ Now rare. † 2. Long in extent or duration; = prolix adj. 1, 3. Obsolete.
1. = prolix adj. 2.
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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
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix > of persons
prolixa1527
prolixousa1527
large1605
voluminous1611
wire-drawing1741
elongative1836
aeolistic1882
prolixious1913
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes i. f. 17v To repeate it, it shall bee to long and to prolixious [Sp. prolixa], because it is sufficiently declared before.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 389 Many singular obseruations.., the which to recite, would proue prolixious.
1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie i. 12 They very orderly without the vanity of prolixious ceremonies fell hungerly to their meat.
1842 G. R. W. Baxter Humour & Pathos 198 A prolixious debate, in which..the nomenology of all the family, from the conqueror downwards, has been mouthed, to the utter neglect of pronunciation and punctuation.
1913 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 31 Oct. 1/4 The preacher isn't to blame for people going to sleep in church during services. There's a cause that extends back of the preacher no matter how prolixious or ‘draggy’ he may be as a sermonizer.
1983 S. Chandrasekhar Math. Theory of Black Holes ix. 529 The treatment of the perturbations of the Kerr space-time in this chapter has been prolixious in its complexity.
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the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > too long or tedious
overlonga1400
prolixc1425
prolixious1599
tediousa1616
expensive1628
lifelong1746
overlength1941
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
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 50 Well knowne vnto them by his prolixious seawandering.
1604 M. Drayton Moyses i. 20 Who for the way the Armie was to passe,..Most part by water, more prolixious was Than present perill any whit commended.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 162 Lay by all nicetie, and prolixious blushes. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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