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Cosa (chi) è prolix - definizione
prolix
SPEECH OR WRITING THAT USES MORE WORDS THAN NECESSARY
Perissologia; Logorrhoea (linguistics); Sesquipedalianism; Macrologia; Verbal diarrhea; Verbal Diarrhoea; Prolix; Verbose; Verboseness; Talkative; Garrulous; Garrulousness; Garrulity; Prolixities; Verbiage; Wordiness; Wordy; Loquaciousness; Loquatiousness; Logorrhoea (rhetoric); Logorrhea (rhetoric); Prolixity; Gobshite; Expatiation; Loquacious; Overwriting (prose); Draft:Overwriting (prose); Word messiness
['pr??l?ks, pr?'l?ks]
¦ adjective (of speech or writing) tediously lengthy.
Derivatives
prolixity noun
prolixly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. prolixe or L. prolixus 'poured forth, extended', from pro- 'outward' + liquere 'be liquid'.
prolix
SPEECH OR WRITING THAT USES MORE WORDS THAN NECESSARY
Perissologia; Logorrhoea (linguistics); Sesquipedalianism; Macrologia; Verbal diarrhea; Verbal Diarrhoea; Prolix; Verbose; Verboseness; Talkative; Garrulous; Garrulousness; Garrulity; Prolixities; Verbiage; Wordiness; Wordy; Loquaciousness; Loquatiousness; Logorrhoea (rhetoric); Logorrhea (rhetoric); Prolixity; Gobshite; Expatiation; Loquacious; Overwriting (prose); Draft:Overwriting (prose); Word messiness
a.
1.
Diffuse, wordy, verbose, circumlocutory, prosaic, loose, long, lengthy, lengthened out, full of detail, prolonged, protracted, long-spun, spun-out, long-winded, discursive, rambling, not concise.
2.
Tiresome, tedious, wearisome.
Prolix
SPEECH OR WRITING THAT USES MORE WORDS THAN NECESSARY
Perissologia; Logorrhoea (linguistics); Sesquipedalianism; Macrologia; Verbal diarrhea; Verbal Diarrhoea; Prolix; Verbose; Verboseness; Talkative; Garrulous; Garrulousness; Garrulity; Prolixities; Verbiage; Wordiness; Wordy; Loquaciousness; Loquatiousness; Logorrhoea (rhetoric); Logorrhea (rhetoric); Prolixity; Gobshite; Expatiation; Loquacious; Overwriting (prose); Draft:Overwriting (prose); Word messiness
·adj Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome;
- applied to a speaker or writer.
II. Prolix ·adj 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.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per prolix
1. Joe Biden (D–Del.), much mocked for his prolix prattling in the early going, actually made a pithy observation yesterday.
2. It now looks dated and prolix because it uses the convention of the old well–made play.
3. "You did the pruning jolly well," he tells Garnett, and dedicates the book to him÷ "I wish I weren‘t so profuse – or prolix, or whatever it is." It‘s true that, just as some writers write too much, some editors edit too much.