...verbose politicians...
His writing is diffuse and often verbose.
Truscott's verbosity made it hard to separate plain fact from decorative embellishment.
English dictionary. 2008.
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. [1913 Webster] Too… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Verbose — [dt. »wortreich«], bei verschiedenen Programmen und Systemen Bezeichnung für einen Modus, bei dem ausführliche Meldungen oder Rückmeldungen ausgegeben werden. So kennt FTP einen Verbose Modus, der mit dem Befehl »verbose on/off« ein bzw.… … Universal-Lexikon
verbose — index flatulent, inflated (bombastic), loquacious, profuse, prolific, prolix, redundant, voluble … Law dictionary
verbose — 1540s (implied in verbosity), from L. verbosus full of words, wordy, from verbum word (see VERB (Cf. verb)) … Etymology dictionary
verbose — *wordy, prolix, diffuse, redundant Analogous words: grandiloquent, magniloquent, flowery, bombastic (see RHETORICAL): loquacious, voluble, glib, garrulous, *talkative Antonyms: laconic Contrasted words: *concise, terse, succinct: compact, *close … New Dictionary of Synonyms
verbose — [adj] wordy, long winded bombastic, circumlocutory, diffuse, flowery, full of air*, fustian, gabby*, garrulous, grandiloquent, involved, loquacious, magniloquent, palaverous, periphrastic, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, repeating, repetitious,… … New thesaurus
verbose — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ using or expressed in more words than are needed. DERIVATIVES verbosely adverb verbosity noun. ORIGIN Latin verbosus, from verbum word … English terms dictionary
verbose — [vər bōs′] adj. [L verbosus, full of words < verbum,WORD] using or containing too many words; wordy; long winded; prolix SYN. WORDY verbosely adv. verbosity [vərbäs′ə tē] n. verboseness … English World dictionary
Verbose — Der Verbose Modus (verbose engl. für „wortreich“, „weitschweifig“) ist ein Ausführungsmodus von Computerprogrammen. In der Regel betrifft dieser Modus Programme, die von einer Kommandozeile aus aufgerufen werden. Wird er gewählt, dokumentiert das … Deutsch Wikipedia
verbose — adjective Etymology: Latin verbosus, from verbum Date: 1672 1. containing more words than necessary ; wordy < a verbose reply >; also impaired by wordiness < a verbose style > 2. given to wordiness < a verbose … New Collegiate Dictionary
verbose — adjective /vɜːˈbəʊs/ a) Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy. Even the most jingoistic of native speakers of Spanish admit their language is verbose; compared to what can be said in a sentence in English … Wiktionary
