'Verboseness' definitions:

Definition of 'verboseness'

From: WordNet
noun
An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words [syn: verboseness, verbosity] [ant: terseness]

Definition of 'Verboseness'

From: 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]

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