VERBOSE

a.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


a.

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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