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单词 verboseness
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verbosenessn.

Brit. /və(ː)ˈbəʊsnəs/, U.S. /vərˈboʊsnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: verbose adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < verbose adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier verbosity n.
The character or quality of being verbose; verbosity.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > verbosity
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1695 L. Echard Rom. Hist. I. Pref. sig. A6v It is manifestly too tedious in many Places, which is occasion'd sometimes from the natural Verboseness of the French Temper.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xiv. 92 I don't often gratify him either with giving him the praise, or shewing the pleasure in his verboseness.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. xi. 378 When his verboseness did not persuade, he quickened it with impertinence.
1868 J. M. Cramp Baptist Hist. iv. 84 The cloudy verboseness of their style, and the barbarous unintelligible epithets.
1936 Times 15 Sept. 8/4 If the reader can ignore..the verboseness of the discussion..he will be rewarded with many vivid sketches.
2008 K. Gandal Gun & Pen i. ii. 71 Jake responds tersely, as a sort of correction to Cohn's verboseness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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