Dictionary entry

Verbose

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.