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.

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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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Related Forms:

  • ver·boseˈly adverb
  • ver·boseˈness, ver·bosˈi·ty (-bŏsˈĭ-tē) noun

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