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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
verboseness
    n 1: an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
         [syn: verboseness, verbosity] [ant: terseness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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