2. (Bot.) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant,
directly from an older one, or by gemmÊ.
Pro*lif"ic*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being prolific;
fruitfulness; prolificacy.
Pro*lix" (?; 277), a. [L. prolixus extended, long, prolix, probably fr.
pro before, forward + liqui to flow, akin to liquidus liquid; cf. OL.
lixa water: cf. F. prolixe. See Liquid.]
1. Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration
or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except
with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a
prolix poem; a prolix sermon.
With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist.
Cowper.
2. Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to
a speaker or writer.
Syn. -- Long; diffuse; prolonged; protracted; tedious; tiresome;
wearisome. -- Prolix, Diffuse. A prolix writer delights in
circumlocution, extended detail, and trifling particulars. A diffuse
writer is fond of amplifying, and abounds in epithets, figures, and
illustrations. Diffuseness often arises from an exuberance of
imagination; prolixity is generally connected with a want of it.
Pro*lix"ious (?), a. Dilatory; tedious; superfluous. [Obs.] "Lay by all
nicety, and prolixious blushes." Shak.
Pro*lix"i*ty (?), n. [L. prolixitas: cf. F. prolixitÈ.] The quality or
state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in
discourses and writings. "For fulsomeness of his prolixitee." Chaucer.
Idly running on with vain prolixity.
Drayton.
Pro*lix"ly, adv. In a prolix manner. Dryden.
Pro*lix"ness, n. Prolixity. Adam Smith.
Proll (?), v. t. [See Prowl.] [imp. & p. p. Prolled (&?;); p. pr. & vb.
n. Prolling.] To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. [Obs.]
Barrow.
Proll, v. i. To prowl about; to rob. [Obs.] South.
Though ye prolle aye, ye shall it never find.
Chaucer.
Proll"er (?), n. Prowler; thief. [Obs.] Chapman.
Prol`o*cu"tor (?), n. [L., from proloqui, p. p. prolocutus, to speak
out; pro for + loqui to speak.]