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==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Latin]] ''verbosus'', from ''verbum'' (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb Verb])

[[Latin]] ''verbosus'', from ''verbum'' (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verb Verb])

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1672]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1672]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: containing more [[words]] than [[necessary]] : wordy <a verbose reply>; also : impaired by wordiness <a verbose style>

*1: containing more [[words]] than [[necessary]] : wordy <a verbose reply>; also : impaired by wordiness <a verbose style>

*2: given to wordiness <a verbose orator>  

*2: given to wordiness <a verbose orator>  

==Description==

==Description==

'''Verbosity''' (also called ''wordiness'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbosity#Prolixity prolixity]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbosity#Grandiloquence grandiloquence]'', ''garrulousness'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbosity#Logorrhea logorrhea]'', informally verbal diarrhea) refers to [[speech]] or [[writing]] which is deemed to use an excess of words. Adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix and garrulous. Examples are the [[expressions]] "in the vicinity of" (which can be replaced with "near") and "in order to" (which can be replaced with "to"). The opposites of verbosity are [[plain]] language (or plain English) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconism laconism].

'''Verbosity''' (also called ''wordiness'', ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbosity#Prolixity prolixity]'', ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbosity#Grandiloquence grandiloquence]'', ''garrulousness'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbosity#Logorrhea logorrhea]'', informally verbal diarrhea) refers to [[speech]] or [[writing]] which is deemed to use an excess of words. Adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix and garrulous. Examples are the [[expressions]] "in the vicinity of" (which can be replaced with "near") and "in order to" (which can be replaced with "to"). The opposites of verbosity are [[plain]] language (or plain English) and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconism laconism].

   

   

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Strunk William Strunk] wrote about the [[balance]] between being [[clear]] and being concise in 1918. He advised "Use the active voice: Put [[statements]] in positive form; Omit needless words."

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Strunk William Strunk] wrote about the [[balance]] between being [[clear]] and being concise in 1918. He advised "Use the active voice: Put [[statements]] in positive form; Omit needless words."

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain Mark Twain] (1835–1910) wrote "generally, the fewer the words that fully communicate or evoke the intended ideas and feelings, the more effective the communication."  

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain Mark Twain] (1835–1910) wrote "generally, the fewer the words that fully communicate or evoke the intended ideas and feelings, the more effective the communication."  

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway Ernest Hemingway] (1899–1961), the 1954 Nobel prizewinner for literature, defended his concise style against a charge by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner William Faulkner] that he "had never been known to use a word that might send the reader to the dictionary." Hemingway responded by saying, "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use."[5]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway Ernest Hemingway] (1899–1961), the 1954 Nobel prizewinner for literature, defended his concise style against a charge by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner William Faulkner] that he "had never been known to use a word that might send the reader to the dictionary." Hemingway responded by saying, "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use."[5]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal Blaise Pascal] wrote in 1657, "I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter."[6]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal Blaise Pascal] wrote in 1657, "I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter."[6]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Julius Caesar], Roman general (100 BC – 44 BC) spoke concisely of one of his military successes: ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni,_Vidi,_Vici Veni, Vidi, Vici]'', that is, "I came, I saw, I conquered]''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbosity]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar Julius Caesar], Roman general (100 BC – 44 BC) spoke concisely of one of his military successes: ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni,_Vidi,_Vici Veni, Vidi, Vici]'', that is, "I came, I saw, I conquered]''.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbosity]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]