PROLIX, adjective [Latin prolixus; pro and laxus, literally drawn out.] 1. Long; extended to a great length; minute in narration or argument; applied only to discourses, speeches and writings; as a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon. 2. Of long duration. [Not in use.]
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