verbous
verbous is the obsolete form of verbose.
Meaning of verbose
Adjective
verbose (comparative more verbose, superlative most verbose)
- Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.
- I omit more than an Hundred Things, that would engage to perſonal Reflection; for my Soul hath no Pleaſure in ſtriving therein, as knowing the inconſiſtancy of that uncharitable virulent Temper with a Chriſtian Spirit, which I am aſſured is quite another Thing, from what is Verboſe, Abuſive[,]...1672, W[illiam] P[enn], “To the Impartial Reader”, in The Spirit of Truth Vindicated, against that of Error & Envy; […], [London: […] Andrew Sowle ...], →OCLC, page 8
- Antonyms:
- brief, concise, crisp, laconic, lapidary, short-winded, succinct, tight, to the point, taut
- Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.
- 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, “Common Postfix Problems”, in Postfix, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams Publishing, →ISBN, part III (Advanced Postfix Server Topics), page 532
Forms of verbous
| comparative | more verbous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most verbous |
Questions about verbous
- What is verbous the obsolete form of?
- Verbous is the obsolete form of verbose.
Words near verbous in the dictionary
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