English
Etymology
From L. verbosus.
Adjective
en-adj
- Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy.
- Of or pertaining to languages that take longer to speak than other languages.
#:Even the most jingoistic of native-speakers of Spanish admit their language is verbose; compared to what can be said in a sentence in English, it sometimes takes a paragraph of explanation in Spanish to say the same thing.
Synonyms
wordy
long-winded
Antonyms
concise
terse
Related terms
verbosity
Translations
trans-top|abounding in words
Finnish: monisanainen
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|���|trjy�ch� na
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trans-top|of or pertaining to languages that take longer to speak than others
Finnish: monisanainen
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|���|trjy�ch� na
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ttbc|French: verbeux
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fr:verbose
io:verbose
ru:verbose
te:verbose
vi:verbose
zh:verbose
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