verboseness

[ver-bohs]

ver·bose

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

Origin:
1665–75; < Latin verbōsus, equivalent to verb(um) word + -ōsus -ose1

ver·bose·ly, adverb
ver·bose·ness, noun
un·ver·bose, adjective
un·ver·bose·ly, adverb
un·ver·bose·ness, noun

verbal, verbiage, verbose, verbosity.


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


laconic.

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verbose (vɜːˈbəʊs)
 
adj
using or containing an excess of words, so as to be pedantic or boring; prolix
 
[C17: from Latin verbōsus from verbum word]
 
ver'bosely
 
adv
 
verbosity
 
n
 
ver'boseness
 
n

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