Verbose Definition

vər-bōs
adjective
Using or containing too many words; wordy; long-winded; prolix.
Webster's New World

(computing) Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

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Origin of Verbose

  • Middle English verbous from Latin verbōsus from verbum word verb

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin verbosus.

    From Wiktionary

Verbose Sentence Examples

  • The schools were extensive buildings attached to the temples, where from an early age boys and girls were taught by the priests to sweep the sanctuaries and keep up the sacred fires, to fast at proper seasons and draw blood for penance, and where they received moral teaching in long and verbose formulas.

  • Her redundant language is making her sound verbose.

  • Being verbose and exaggerating a person's qualities will not help.

  • Don't go off on a tangent or get too verbose.

  • It is discursive in its style and verbose; but, considering the period at which it appeared, it is remarkable for the strong common sense displayed by the author, his comparative freedom from prejudice, and his firm application of the methods of scientific reasoning to the interpretation of phenomena.

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Words Starting With

VVEVER

Words Ending With

ESEOSE

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Words Starting With V and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With V7 Letter Words Ending With E