verbōsus, a, um, adj. verbum, full of words, wordy, prolix, verbose (rare but class.): verbosa simulatio prudentiae, Cic. Mur. 14, 30: T. Livium ut verbosum in historiā carpebat, Suet. Calig. 34; Cat. 98, 1.

— Comp.: verbosior epistula, Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 6: expositio, Quint. 4, 2, 79.

—Sup.: verbosissimos locos arcessere, Quint. 2, 4, 31.

— Adv.: verbōsē, with many words, verbosely, Cic. Mur. 12, 26; Quint. 12, 8, 7.

— Comp., Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11; Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Quint. 3, 11, 28; 4, 1, 43; 5, 12, 15.