verbose

Verbose is defined as a person who uses way too many words, or who talks a lot.

(adjective)

An example of verbose is someone who can talk for five minutes on the phone without pausing for the other person to speak.

See verbose in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

using or containing too many words; wordy; long-winded; prolix

Origin: L verbosus, full of words < verbum, word

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See verbose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy. See Synonyms at wordy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English *verbous

Origin: , from Latin verbōsus

Origin: , from verbum, word; see verb

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