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   prolix

   /ˈprəʊlɪks/

   adjective

   • 1. (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy: "he found the narrative too prolix and discursive"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French prolixe or Latin prolixus ‘poured forth, extended’, from pro- ‘outward’ + liquere ‘be liquid’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prolixity noun
   • 2. prolixly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • X

     8

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