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P — Problematic to Prominence (Part 10 of 11)

Prolific, a. Fruitful, fertile, productive, generative, teeming.

Prolix, a.

    1. Diffuse, wordy, verbose, circumlocutory, prosaic, loose, long, lengthy, lengthened out, full of detail, prolonged, protracted, long-spun, spun-out, long-winded, discursive, rambling, not concise.
    2. Tiresome, tedious, wearisome.

Prolixity, n. Diffuseness, prolixness, verbosity, tedious, length, minute detail.

Prolixness, n. Prolixity.

Prolocutor, n. Speaker, spokesman, chairman.

Prologue, n. Introduction (to a play), preface.

Prolong, v. a.

    1. Lengthen, protract, continue lengthen in time.
    2. Put off, postpone, defer.
    3. Extend.

Prolongation, n.

    1. Protraction, lengthening.
    2. Delay, postponement.
    3. Extension.

Prolusion, n.

    1. Prelude, introduction, preliminary.
    2. Essay, trial.

Promenade, n.

    1. Walk, stroll.
    2. Walk, sidewalk, place for walking.