Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VER-BOS'I-TY, or VER-BOSE'NESS
VER-BOS'I-TY, or VER-BOSE'NESS, n.
- Employment of a superabundance of words; the use of more words than are necessary; as, the verbosity of a speaker.
- Superabundance of words; prolixity; as, the verbosity of a discourse or argument.
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