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In reading criticism of George Eliot (surprisingly full of high praise) I encountered the word "prolix" which I had not seen for a long time. It occurred to me to wonder abo;ut its etymology. From AHD:
prolix
SYLLABICATION: pro·lix PRONUNCIATION: pr-lks, prlks ADJECTIVE: 1. Tediously prolonged; wordy: editing a prolix manuscript. 2. Tending to speak or write at excessive length. See synonyms at wordy. ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Old French prolixe, from Latin prlixus, poured forth, extended. OTHER FORMS: pro·lixi·ty (-lks-t) —NOUN pro·lixly —ADVERB
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Or as Shakespeare once said about AWAD:
"We few. We happy few. We band of prolix wordsters."
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