Definitions for prolix

prolix pro·lix

Spelling: [proh-liks, proh-liks]
IPA: /proʊˈlɪks, ˈproʊ lɪks/

Prolix is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in prolix (iloprx).

Definitions for prolix

adjective

  1. extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
  2. (of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.

Origin of prolix

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin prōlixus extended, long, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -lixus, akin to līquī to flow; see liquor

Examples for prolix

Be brief in thy discourse, for what is prolix cannot be pleasing.

He was prolix with his pen, not from affluence, but from paucity of ideas.

To those who do not, I have been prolix without being profitable.

From this it will be seen that Sir James was a prolix rather than a clear thinker.

Wordplay Bradlee could be prolix or pithy, as suited his ends.

The inscription in which he describes the event is too prolix to be given here.

Though every musical element is telling, the movement is too prolix.

This is one reason why he is prolix in the last three volumes.

I am afraid I have been prolix; but my dear Morris, bear that in mind.

Forgive, most kind reader, the prolix fondness with which I linger on this theme.

Word Value for prolix
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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