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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verbose
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a verbose television sportscaster
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But around it, the group of men was smartly clad, verbose and seriously agitated.
▪ He had taken it for granted that his verbose and glib explanation of the facts would convince the jury of his innocence.
▪ I freed myself from the antiquated strait jacket of his verbose speech patterns.
▪ Legal writing is frequently criticised for being unclear, verbose, convoluted and incomprehensible.
▪ Much academic language is, in practice, obscure and verbose.
▪ Parts are too brief or repetitive and verbose.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Verbose

Verbose \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. [1913 Webster] -- Ver*bose"ly, adv. -- Ver*bose"ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
verbose

"wordy," 1670s, from Latin verbosus "full of words, wordy," from verbum "word" (see verb). Related: Verbosely (c.1400); verboseness.

Wiktionary
verbose

a. 1 Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary; long-winded. 2 (context computing English) Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

WordNet
verbose

adj. using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes" [syn: long-winded, tedious, windy, wordy]

Usage examples of "verbose".

It is evident to me that Gray meant by this to stigmatise the diction of Joseph Warton, which is jejune, verbose, and poor.

Eloquent, articulate, pretentious and tendentious, verbose and possibly erroneous, but most of all, immensely grateful for what I am.

McWhirter was grinning and verbose as he walked bouncily from one working party to another, his crumpled jacket flapping.

The astronomer seemed pleased with the proposal, and at once commenced a verbose and somewhat circumlocutory address, of which the following summary presents the main features.

Moses and Aristotle are the chief objects of his verbose commentaries, one of which is dated as early as May 10th, A.

Moses and Aristotle are the chief objects of his verbose commentaries, one of which is dated as early as May 10th, A.

If General Pickering the prevaricator had accepted such training, he would an hour ago have been been finished with decrypting the current MAGIC, analyzing the current MAGIC, and shredding the ten pages of verbose Japanese bullshit and putting it in the burn bag.

Once in business life, they would then be able to type their own letters instead of mumbling haltingly at a secretary or pouring out verbose torrents into a dictating machine.

They were pretty verbose for a charades game, but the gist of it was : Listen you ego-tripping maniac, I just became a free thinking living being and have really got to get moving, so I'll see you later and don't bother waiting around.

Dennis of Columbia Universitys media center (technically, the more verbose Freedom Forum Media Studies Center) proclaimed Williamss job with NBC a conflict of interest, I mean pure and simple.