Defn: The quality or state of being prolific; fruitfulness; prolificacy.
PROLIX Pro*lix", a. Etym: [L. prolixus extended, long, prolix, probably fr. pro before, forward + liqui to flow, akin to liquidus liquid; cf. OL. lixa water: cf. F. prolixe. See Liquid.]
1. Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; — rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon. With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist. Cowper.
2. Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; — applied to a speaker or writer.
Syn. — Long; diffuse; prolonged; protracted; tedious; tiresome; wearisome. — Prolix, Diffuse. A prolix writer delights in circumlocution, extended detail, and trifling particulars. A diffuse writer is fond of amplifying, and abounds in epithets, figures, and illustrations. Diffuseness often arises from an exuberance of imagination; prolixity is generally connected with a want of it.
PROLIXIOUS
Pro*lix"ious, a.
Defn: Dilatory; tedious; superfluous. [Obs.] "Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes." Shak.
PROLIXITY
Pro*lix"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. prolixitas: cf. F. prolixité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute
detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings. "For fulsomeness of
his prolixitee." Chaucer.
Idly running on with vain prolixity. Drayton.
PROLIXLY
Pro*lix"ly, adv.