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prolixe

\pʁɔ.liks\
\pʁo.liks\
[pʁɔ.liks] France (Île de France)

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Du latin prolixus (« qui se répand abondamment »).

adjective prolixes

Qui est trop long, diffus, en parlant ou en écrivant. Si l’un était peu loquace, l’autre était volontiers bavard. D’après cela, on ne s’étonnera pas que les questions fussent très prolixes, et les réponses très brèves.

Similar: bavard, loquace, verbeux · Opposite: concis, laconique

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adjective

Similar: bavard, loquace, verbeux · Opposite: concis, laconique

In English

prolix tediously lengthy
long-winded tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose
verbose containing or using more words than necessary — see also long-winded, wordy

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@misc{prolixe_2026,
  title = {prolixe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/prolixe},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}