[ adj ] using or containing too many words <adj.all> long-winded (or windy) speakersverbose and ineffective instructional methods newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes
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.
Too verbose in their way of speaking. --Ayliffe. ※ -- {Ver*bose"ly}, adv. -- {Ver*bose"ness}, n.
Indeed, in a sense, the execution of this book, itself gives the lie to the author's central thesis: there is an overwhelming, verbose cloudiness in the central visionary passages which denies all the harmony.
Neither has a head for detail, and both can be remarkably verbose in a provincial brogue. Each was compared badly to a rival who regularly trounced him in the political arena - Helmut Schmidt and Margaret Thatcher, respec- tively.
The book has longueurs and is not well constructed, but is head and shoulders above the waffling Macmillan or the verbose Wilson.