Meanings (ES + gloss)
chicharra • fastidioso • prolijo • verboso
Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
"Give me but the luxury of answering to one of his prolix, contradictory speeches, and...I only ask the revenge of a reply."
People who have blamed [Jean Charles Léonard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy.
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