Hypertext Webster Gateway: "verbose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
-- {Ver*bose"ly}, adv. -- {Ver*bose"ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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" [syn: {long-winded}, {tedious}, {windy}, {wordy}]
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