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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
verbose /vəːˈbəʊs/

▶adjective using or expressed in more words than are needed.

– derivatives
verbosely adverb,
verbosity noun.

– origin C17: from L. verbosus, from verbum ‘word’.

'verbose' also found in these Oxford entries:

gassy - officialese - -osity

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