prolixe
French
Etymology
From Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin prolixus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.liks/
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Adjective
prolixe (plural prolixes)
- prolix; overly talkative
Related terms
- prolixité
Further reading
- “prolixe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology 1
prōlixus + -ē
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈlik.seː/, [proːˈlʲɪks̠eː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈlik.se/, [proˈlikse]
Adverb
prōlixē (comparative prōlixius, superlative prōlixissimē)
- largely, abundantly
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proːˈlik.se/, [proːˈlʲɪks̠ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈlik.se/, [proˈlikse]
Adjective
prōlixe
- vocative masculine singular of prōlixus
References
- “prolixe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prolixe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prolixe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette