† prolixtadj.

Forms: pre-1700 prolexed, pre-1700 prolixed, pre-1700 prolixet, pre-1700 prolixit, pre-1700 prolixt.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: prolix adj.

Etymology: Originally a graphic variant in Scots of prolix adj., subsequently reinterpreted as representing a past participle (see -ed suffix¹). Compare later prolix v.

Scottish. Obsolete.

= prolix adj. (in various senses).

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

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 6 Jt war our lang, and prolixt thing to count all.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 34 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 All yar names to nevyn..It war prolixt and lang.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 49 The scheiphird..endit his prolixt orison.

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Ciij ^v The easiest and shortest of all his difficile, and prolixed Poems.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 112 His oresoun, the quhilk wes so prolixt, Wald mar my mynd and I had with it fixt.

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 76 Sua sall I indevoir..to..accompleis..ane [bettir and mair] prolixt wark anentis the foundamentall monumentis and antiquities of this..realme.

Derivatives

† prolixtness n. Obsolete prolixity.

ΚΠ

1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 179 I lefe, for grete prolixitnes, To tell quhat feildis thow wan in Pikkardy.

† prolixtly adv. Scottish Obsolete prolixly.

ΚΠ

1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 189 Heir prolixitly to rehears war superfluous.

a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) 683 in Poems (1910) 178 Thy peild perambillis als prolixtlie lastis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	prolixt
释义	† prolixtadj. Forms: pre-1700 prolexed, pre-1700 prolixed, pre-1700 prolixet, pre-1700 prolixit, pre-1700 prolixt. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: prolix adj. Etymology: Originally a graphic variant in Scots of prolix adj., subsequently reinterpreted as representing a past participle (see -ed suffix¹). Compare later prolix v. Scottish. Obsolete. = prolix adj. (in various senses). 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 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 6 Jt war our lang, and prolixt thing to count all. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 34 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 All yar names to nevyn..It war prolixt and lang. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 49 The scheiphird..endit his prolixt orison. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Ciij ^v The easiest and shortest of all his difficile, and prolixed Poems. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 112 His oresoun, the quhilk wes so prolixt, Wald mar my mynd and I had with it fixt. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 76 Sua sall I indevoir..to..accompleis..ane [bettir and mair] prolixt wark anentis the foundamentall monumentis and antiquities of this..realme. Derivatives † prolixtness n. Obsolete prolixity. ΚΠ 1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 179 I lefe, for grete prolixitnes, To tell quhat feildis thow wan in Pikkardy. † prolixtly adv. Scottish Obsolete prolixly. ΚΠ 1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 189 Heir prolixitly to rehears war superfluous. a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Tullibardine) 683 in Poems (1910) 178 Thy peild perambillis als prolixtlie lastis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1485
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