verboseness

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verboseness - 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]

verboseness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  verboseness
      n 1: an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
           [syn: verboseness, verbosity] [ant: terseness]