verbose

adj

Etymology: From Latin verbōsus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”). Verbōsus is derived from verbum (“word”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to say, speak”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Equivalent to verb + -ose.

1. Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy.

   “I omit more than an Hundred Things, that would engage to perſonal Reflection; for my Soul hath no Pleaſure in ſtriving therein, as knowing the inconſiſtancy of that uncharitable virulent Temper with a Chriſtian Spirit, which I am aſſured is quite another Thing, from what is Verboſe, Abuſive[,] Cavilling, Airy, and meerly Notional; [...]”

   “[...] I might ſeem to deſerve juſtly to be accounted a verboſe and ſilly Defender; [...]”

2. Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

   “You should use verbose logging sparingly. Turning on verbose logging for every process would result in log files so large they would become useless.”

   “Verbose logging adds extra detail and increases the descriptiveness of the log entries made. Verbose logging also adds one additional client log file that is specific to DCM, SmsClrHost.log, and one management point log file, MP_GetSdmPackage.log.”