verbose

Meaning

1. Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.
2. Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

Synonyms

wordy

prolix

talkative

long-winded

diffuse

tedious

redundant

voluble

chatty

windy

loquacious

gabby

circumlocutory

repetitious

pleonastic

garrulous

be diffuse

be discursive

be prolix

be rambling

babbler

longiloquent

babbling

blabbermouth

chatterbox

diffusive

discursive

gassy

heavy

importunate

lengthy

long

nagging

roundabout

verbalizing

talk too much

yarn-spinning

Hyphenated as

verb‧ose

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vəˈbəʊs/

Etymology

From Latin verbōsus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”) + English -ose (suffix meaning ‘full of; like’). 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.