Verboseness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 verbose in their way of speaking.    --Ayliffe.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Ver*bose"ly}, adv. -- {Ver*bose"ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  verboseness
       n : an expressive style that uses excessive words [syn: {verbosity}]
           [ant: {terseness}]