1540s, from French verbosité (16c.) or directly from Late Latin verbositas, from Latin verbosus (see verbose).
"wordy," 1670s, from Latin verbosus "full of words, wordy," from verbum "word" (see verb). Related: Verbosely (c. 1400); verboseness.
updated on March 12, 2014
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