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prolix

Meaningextended, prolix

Common meaning: long-winded

Journey through time

  1. Latinprolixus‘extended, prolix’source
  2. Frenchprolixesource
  3. Middle Englishprolixiteesource
  4. Englishprolix‘long-winded’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin prolixus ‘extended, prolix’.

Roots

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