PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
No. The oldest structural center is Latin verbum plus -alis, of or relating to words; the spoken contrast is one later English sense among several.
/ˈvɜːrbəl/ · adjective
Of, relating to, or consisting of words; also of verbs and, in one modern contrast, spoken rather than written.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Documents word-related, verb-related, spoken, exact-wording, and aptitude senses.
Definitions 1–5 and Word HistoryAnchors the older word-centered semantic base.
General Latin verbum sensesThe semantic-change record preserves plurality instead of choosing one supposedly true meaning.