verbagen.

Brit.

/ˈvəːbɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈvərbɪdʒ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin verbum , -age suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin verbum word (see verb n.) + -age suffix, perhaps after French verbiage verbiage n. Compare earlier verbiage n.

= verbiage n. (chiefly in sense 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > verbosity

multiplicationa1500

surplusage1534

verbosity1541

wordishness1657

wordiness1680

verboseness1695

verbiagea1721

verbage1742

palaverment1816

tootling1821

tootle1883

1742 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 3) I. i. v. 66 The Matter, when..cleared from the Perplexity of his abounding Verbage [earlier eds. Verbiage], lies open to this easy Answer.

1787 R. Polwhele Eng. Orator iii. 770 As the flippant Phrase Glides from his hollow Tongue, tho' oft debas'd By low commercial Verbage.

1831 Delaware Advertiser & Farmer's Jrnl. 6 Jan. 1/1 In thickness quite considerable, and in weight Of verbage and repletives, grievous great.

1882 Christian Monthly Mar. 171/2 The individual versions..differ considerably in verbage and arrangement, not at all in substance.

1931 Auk 48 286 We remain more or less dazed by a mass of verbage and somewhat in doubt as to just what the author is endeavoring to place before us.

1993 Jrnl. Business Ethics 12 209/2 Content was analyzed by asking the business people if they understood what the verbage was trying to convey.

2016 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser (Nexis) 10 June Paul Keating's former speech writer continues his war on obfuscating verbage in industry, business and government.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verbage
释义	verbagen. Brit. /ˈvəːbɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈvərbɪdʒ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin verbum , -age suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin verbum word (see verb n.) + -age suffix, perhaps after French verbiage verbiage n. Compare earlier verbiage n. = verbiage n. (chiefly in sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > verbosity multiplicationa1500 surplusage1534 verbosity1541 wordishness1657 wordiness1680 verboseness1695 verbiagea1721 verbage1742 palaverment1816 tootling1821 tootle1883 1742 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses (ed. 3) I. i. v. 66 The Matter, when..cleared from the Perplexity of his abounding Verbage [earlier eds. Verbiage], lies open to this easy Answer. 1787 R. Polwhele Eng. Orator iii. 770 As the flippant Phrase Glides from his hollow Tongue, tho' oft debas'd By low commercial Verbage. 1831 Delaware Advertiser & Farmer's Jrnl. 6 Jan. 1/1 In thickness quite considerable, and in weight Of verbage and repletives, grievous great. 1882 Christian Monthly Mar. 171/2 The individual versions..differ considerably in verbage and arrangement, not at all in substance. 1931 Auk 48 286 We remain more or less dazed by a mass of verbage and somewhat in doubt as to just what the author is endeavoring to place before us. 1993 Jrnl. Business Ethics 12 209/2 Content was analyzed by asking the business people if they understood what the verbage was trying to convey. 2016 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser (Nexis) 10 June Paul Keating's former speech writer continues his war on obfuscating verbage in industry, business and government. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1742
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