Verbose and out of breath for ages? (4-6)
I believe the answer is:
long-winded
'verbose' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'out of breath for ages?' is the wordplay.
'out of breath' becomes 'winded' (I've seen this in another clue).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'ages?' becomes 'long'.
'winded' put after 'long' is 'LONG-WINDED'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for long-winded that I've seen before include "Tediously wordy" , "Prolix" .)