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Webster 1913 Edition
Verbose
Ver-bose′
,Adj.
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
argumentToo
– verbose
in their way of speaking. Ayliffe.
Ver-bose′ly
, adv.
Ver-bose′ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Verbose
VERBO'SE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
verbose
verbose
English
Adjective
verbose (comparative more verbose, superlative most verbose)
- Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary; long-winded.
- (computing) Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.
- 2001, Richard Blum, Postfix (page 532)
- You should use verbose logging sparingly. Turning on verbose logging for every process would result in log files so large they would become useless.
- 2001, Richard Blum, Postfix (page 532)
Synonyms
- wordy
- long-winded
- See also Wikisaurus:verbose
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
abounding in words
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computing: detailed output for diagnostic purposes
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
verbōse
- vocative masculine singular of verbōsus
References
- verbose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- verbose in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “verbose”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.