Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words; wordy. synonym: wordy.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; prolix; tedious by multiplicity of words; wordy: as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.
  • Synonyms Wordy, diffuse. See pleonasm.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy.
  • adjective computing Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective using or containing too many words

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English *verbous, from Latin verbōsus, from verbum, word; see verb.]

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From Latin verbosus.

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  • Probably a descriptor that can be attached to most wordies.

    December 19, 2006

  • Take an interest in me

    Why must I beg for a drink?

    Too verbose

    You come too close, Sir

    Please step back and think

    That's the trouble

    Flesh attracts the leery look

    Rarely does the dream boy come along

    He don't exist

    A lover with the candour of a friend.

    (I'll have to dance with Cassie, by God Help the Girl)

    August 20, 2009

  • Why can't we add words to the synonyms or related section????

    May 10, 2012