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prolix
▪ I. prolix, a. (ˈprəʊlɪks, prəʊˈlɪks) [a. F. prolixe (14th c. in Littré) or ad. L. prōlix-us extended, long, prolix, etc., app. etymologically, ‘that has flowed forth’, f. prō-, pro-1 + *lix-us, pa. pple. of liquēre to flow, to be liquid.] 1. Of long duration, lengthy, protracted. a. In general.141... Oxford English Dictionary
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prolix
prolix/ˈprəulɪks; ?@ prəuˈlɪks; pro`lɪks/ adj(fml 文) (of a speech, writer, etc) using too many words and so boring to listen to or read (指讲话、 作家等)冗长而乏味的, 罗唆的 a prolix speaker 说话罗唆的人 Her style is tediously prolix. 她的文章冗长而乏味. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Implosion (novel)
The weapon used, 'Prolix', is a chemical sterilant, that, once ingested, renders most women sterile. Meanwhile, the rest of the world are shooting Prolix at each other, gradually reducing their populations to Britain's circumstance. wikipedia.org
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James Charles Booth
Reputation Booth's conveyances, though prolix, enjoyed a high reputation with his fellow professionals, and were often copied. wikipedia.org
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prolixively
† proˈlixively, adv. Obs. rare—1. [f. *prolixive adj. (f. L. prōlix-us prolix: see -ive) + -ly2.] In a manner tending to prolixity; diffusely.1633 J. Done Hist. Septuagint 91 It seemes the Law intreateth more prolixively than properly. Oxford English Dictionary
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prolixly
prolixly, adv. (see prolix a.) [f. prolix a. + -ly2.] In a prolix manner. 1. At great length; with many words or details; copiously; verbosely, tediously.a 1591 H. Smith Wks. (1866–7) I. 3, I go upon a theme which many have traversed before me prolixly, or cursorily, or barrenly. 1687 Dryden Hind & ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Asterix and the Soothsayer
Prolix meanwhile is arrested by an optio, who brings Prolix before the centurion (Voluptuous Arteriosclerosus) of the Roman camp Compendium, who decides These expel the Romans, Prolix, and Cacofonix the Bard, who returns to the other Gauls on the island to confirm Prolix's prophecy. wikipedia.org
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prolixious
† proˈlixious, a. Obs. Also 6 prolixous. [The regular form was prolixous, f. L. prōlix-us + -ous: prolixious was due to some false analogy.] 1. = prolix a. 1 b, 2.1527 R. Thorne in Hakluyt Voy. (1582) C iij, Your Lordship commaunded me to be large, and I take licence to be prolixouse. 1577 Frampton ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Philip H. Nicklin
Bibliography Letters Descriptive of the Virginia Springs (1835) (as Peregrine Prolix) A Pleasant Peregrination Through the Prettiest Parts of Pennsylvania (1836) (as Peregrine Prolix) A Report Made to the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, etc... (1834) Remarks on Literary Property incorporating wikipedia.org
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prolixt
† proˈlixt, -xed, a. Sc. Obs. [Sc. var. of prolix (cf. Sc. taxt = tax, vext = vex, etc.), afterwards mistaken for a pa. pple.] = prolix a. 1.c 1450 Holland Howlat 34 All thar names to nevyn..It war prolixt and lang. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 7 It war our lang and prolixit thing to count all... Oxford English Dictionary
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Asterix and the Big Fight (film)
Returning to the village, Prolix foretells doom if the village is not abandoned. Because he didn't predict the Gauls storming the camp, Prolix is revealed to be a fake; during the battle (led by the women of the village, whom Prolix wikipedia.org
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prolixness
prolixness (see prolix a.) [f. as prec. + -ness.] = prolixity.1664 H. More Apol. Pref., The Reason of the Prolixness thereof stands upon this threefold ground. 1730 T. Boston Mem. App. (1776) 27, I hope you will pardon the prolixness of this. 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 65 The philologer of more... Oxford English Dictionary
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Asterix and Obelix's Birthday
Gaulish traitors such as Clovogarlix from Asterix and the Golden Sickle, Prolix from Asterix and the Soothsayer, and Codfix from Asterix and the Great He appears in the upper-right as a centurion clapping Prolix on the back, and in the lower-left as the demoted legionary he is at the end of Asterix and wikipedia.org
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over-prolix
over-prolix, -promise, -prone see over-. Oxford English Dictionary
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Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
who does not believe Prolix's false prophecies. the book Prolix is ultimately exposed as a phony when the Gauls managed to surprise him (thereby proving he could not really see the future). wikipedia.org
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