verbose : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: verbose	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Verbose \Verbose"\, 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. -- {Verbose"ly}, adv. -- {Verbose"ness}, n.