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.