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prolix

 ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น: -prolix-, *prolix*
Hope Dictionary
prolix
(โพรลิคซฺ', โพร'ลิคซฺ) adj. ยืดยาว, น้ำท่วมทุ่ง, พูดหรือเขียนเสียยืดยาวอย่างน่าเบื่อ., See Also:prolixity, prolixness n.
Nontri Dictionary
prolix
(adj)ยืดยาว
prolixity
(n)ความยืดยาว
Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
WordNet (3.0)
prolix
(adj)tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length, Ant.concise
prolixity
(n)boring verbosity, Syn.wordiness, prolixness, windiness, long-windedness
Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
Prolix

a. [ L. prolixus extended, long, prolix, probably fr. pro before, forward + liqui to flow, akin to liquidus liquid; cf. OL. lixa water: cf. F. prolixe. See Liquid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon. [ 1913 Webster ]

With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Long; diffuse; prolonged; protracted; tedious; tiresome; wearisome. -- Prolix, Diffuse. A prolix writer delights in circumlocution, extended detail, and trifling particulars. A diffuse writer is fond of amplifying, and abounds in epithets, figures, and illustrations. Diffuseness often arises from an exuberance of imagination; prolixity is generally connected with a want of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prolixious

a. Dilatory; tedious; superfluous. [ Obs. ] “Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prolixity

n. [ L. prolixitas: cf. F. prolixité. ] The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings. “For fulsomeness of his prolixitee.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Idly running on with vain prolixity. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prolixly

adv. In a prolix manner. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prolixness

n. Prolixity. Adam Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

EDICT JP-EN Dictionary
冗長
[じょうちょう, jouchou](adj-na, n) (1) tedious; verbose; prolix; (2) redundancy#11386[Add to Longdo]
諄諄しい;諄々しい
[くどくどしい, kudokudoshii](adj-i) (uk) wordy; verbose; prolix[Add to Longdo]
COMPDICT JP-EN Dictionary
冗長
[じょうちょう, jouchou]verbose (an), redundant, prolix[Add to Longdo]
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