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ver⋅bose
[ver-bohs] 
–adjective
| characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report. |
Related forms:
ver⋅bose⋅ly, adverb
ver⋅bose⋅ness, noun
Antonyms:
laconic.
laconic.
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| ver·bose (vər-bōs') adj. Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy. See Synonyms at wordy. [Middle English *verbous, from Latin verbōsus, from verbum, word; see verb.] ver·bose'ly adv., ver·bose'ness, ver·bos'i·ty (-bŏs'ĭ-tē) n. |
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Verbose
Ver*bose"\, a. [L. verbosus, from verbum a word. See Verb.] Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument. Too verbose in their way of speaking. --Ayliffe. -- Ver*bose"ly, adv. -- Ver*bose"ness, n.
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Language Translation for : verbose
Spanish:
verboso, locuaz,
German:
wortreich,
Japanese:
冗長な
verbose
1542 (implied in verbosity), from L. verbosus "full of words, wordy," from verbum "word" (see verb).
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