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ver⋅bose

[ver-bohs]
–adjective
characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.

Origin:
1665–75; < L verbōsus, equiv. to verb(um) word + -ōsus -ose 1


ver⋅bose⋅ly, adverb
ver⋅bose⋅ness, noun


prolix; tedious, inflated, turgid; voluble, talkative, loquacious. See bombastic.


laconic.
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.

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.
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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