† prolixousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= prolix adj. 2b.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix > of persons
prolixa1527
prolixousa1527
large1605
voluminous1611
wire-drawing1741
elongative1836
aeolistic1882
prolixious1913
a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. C3 Your Lordship commaunded me to be large, & I take licence to be prolixouse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.a1527- pattern man
- pattern matching
- pattern of behaviour
- pattern out
- pattern paper
- pattern practice
- pattern quality
- pattern race
- pattern reader
- pattern recognition
- pattern room
- pattern shop
- pattern store
- pattern suit
- pattern tile
- pattern trade
- pattern variable
- pattern welding
- pattern wheel
- pattern work
- pattern-bomb
- pattern-bombing
- pattern-box
- pattern-cutter
- pattern-drawing