"prolixious" meaning in English

See prolixious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more prolixious [comparative], most prolixious [superlative]
Etymology: Compare prolix. Head templates: {{en-adj}} prolixious (comparative more prolixious, superlative most prolixious)
  1. (obsolete) dilatory; tedious; superfluous Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-prolixious-en-adj-fuhS0Uc2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_text": "Compare prolix.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more prolixious",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most prolixious",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prolixious (comparative more prolixious, superlative most prolixious)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dilatory; tedious; superfluous"
      ],
      "id": "en-prolixious-en-adj-fuhS0Uc2",
      "links": [
        [
          "dilatory",
          "dilatory"
        ],
        [
          "tedious",
          "tedious"
        ],
        [
          "superfluous",
          "superfluous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) dilatory; tedious; superfluous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prolixious"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Compare prolix.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more prolixious",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most prolixious",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prolixious (comparative more prolixious, superlative most prolixious)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dilatory; tedious; superfluous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dilatory",
          "dilatory"
        ],
        [
          "tedious",
          "tedious"
        ],
        [
          "superfluous",
          "superfluous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) dilatory; tedious; superfluous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prolixious"
}

Download raw JSONL data for prolixious meaning in English (1.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.