verbose
adjectiveGraduateELO 1,550GRESAT
DEFINITION
using or containing too many words
WEBSTER'S 1913
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.
ETYMOLOGY
Latin 'verberare' - to beat, punish
IN LITERATURE
“The translator seems to have followed the verbose text of his original with minute fidelity, except where the idioms bothered him; and although the bills declare it is adapted by Mr.”
— Various, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete
IN USE
“See also . === The option === The verbose option prints strings to the terminal as they are read, and before any expansions are performed.”
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