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C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /vərˈboʊs/ UK /vəˈbəʊs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

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adj
using or containing more words than are needed

The contract was so verbose that few clients ever read it through.

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Synonyms

1 adj · using or containing more... wordy prolixlong-windedgarrulous loquacious rambling

Opposites

concise terse succinct laconic pithy

Word family

Derived forms verbosityverbosely

Related forms verbal verbiage verb

Etymology

From Latin 'verbosus' ('full of words, wordy'), from 'verbum' ('word').

verbosus Latin verbum Latin

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# verbose

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** vərˈboʊs
**IPA (UK):** vəˈbəʊs

## Meanings
1. using or containing more words than are needed

## Examples
- The contract was so verbose that few clients ever read it through.

## Synonyms
- wordy
- prolix
- long-winded
- garrulous
- loquacious
- rambling

## Antonyms
- concise
- terse
- succinct
- laconic
- pithy

## Derived Forms
- verbosity
- verbosely

## Related Forms
- verbal
- verbiage
- verb

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: verbosus
- Root: verbum

## Etymology
From Latin 'verbosus' ('full of words, wordy'), from 'verbum' ('word').

## AI Etymology
Verbose is from Latin 'verbosus' ('full of words, wordy'), from 'verbum' ('word'). Important recorded forms include verbosus (Latin) and verbum (Latin). The current sense covers using or containing more words than are needed. The wider family includes derived forms such as verbosity and verbosely and related words such as verbal, verbiage, and verb.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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