verbose \vuhr-BOHS\, adjective:
Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by an excess of words; wordy; as, "a verbose speaker; a verbose argument."
. . . his singular style of flattening verbose politicians with the phrase: "Will you please get to the point."
--Paul McCann, "Pioneer of TV debate put end to deference," Times (London), August 8, 2000
One reason I admire Oscar is that he's the least verbose, if sometimes plain to the point of being uninteresting.
--Frank Rich, "Conversations with Sondheim," New York Times Magazine, March 12, 2000
Many tombstones have inscriptions that are not only touching but also, by modern standards, verbose.
--Francine Prose, "Entering New Castle, Del.," New York Times Magazine, February 27, 2000