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verbose.

Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/vəˈbəʊs/Received-Pronunciation/vɚˈboʊs/Canada, General-American/vəˈbəʉs/Australia/vəˈbɐʉs/New-Zealand
  1. Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.

  2. Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

Where this word comes from

From Latin verbōsus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”). Verbōsus is derived from verbum (“word”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Equivalent to verb + -ose.

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