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verboseness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  verboseness 
  n  :  an  expressive  style  that  uses  excessive  words  [syn:  {verbosity}] 
  [ant:  {terseness}]




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