What is dilatory; tedious; superfluous. [Obs.] "Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes." Shak called?
prolixious — Dilatory; tedious; superfluous. [Obs.] "Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes." Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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