verbiagen.

Brit.

/ˈvəːbɪɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈvərbiɪdʒ/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French verbiage.

Etymology: < French verbiage (1671), formally < verbier (see warble v.¹) + -age -age suffix, but associated from an early date with verbe word, speech (see verb n.). A similar association with words derived ultimately from classical Latin verbum (compare especially verbose adj.) apparently existed from the very beginning in English.Compare Portuguese verbiagem in the same sense (1858; < French).

1. Superabundant or superfluous wording; profusion of words without good cause, or without helping to make the intended meaning clearer or more precise; excessive wordiness or elaborateness of language.

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

multiplicationa1500

surplusage1534

verbosity1541

wordishness1657

wordiness1680

verboseness1695

verbiagea1721

verbage1742

palaverment1816

tootling1821

tootle1883

a1721 M. Prior Ess. & Dialogues of Dead: Lock & Montaigne in Dialogues of Dead & Other Wks. (1907) 230 Without..being guided by any sort of Verbiage like this.

1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 69 The Matter, when..cleared from the Perplexity of his abounding Verbiage, lies open to this easy Answer.

1787 C. Smith Romance Real Life I. 167 The repetitions and verbiage of the pleadings [have been] reduced.

1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia i. iii. 20 In vain you take refuge in abstractions and verbiage.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iii. 73 The Homeric phrase is thus often muffled and deadened by Pope's verbiage.

1933 Relig. Educ. Jan. 94/2 650 pages make a bulky book—but there is no mere verbiage or unnecessary padding.

1968 Mass. Rev. 9 392 This new kind of record-talk is..capable of improvising an even larger flow of verbiage about the ‘sonics’ of the record under review.

2011 J. L. Coulombe Reading Native Amer. Lit. i. 19 A well-phrased argument was often lost in the barrage of meaningless verbiage.

2. In a more neutral sense: the form of words in which something is expressed; wording. Chiefly U.S. in later use.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > mode of expression

manner of speakinga1387

termsc1400

parlancec1475

locution1483

diction1563

couching1571

dictamenta1572

dialect1579

style1594

phraseology1604

phrasing1611

expression1628

language1643

wording1649

routine1676

mode1779

verbiage1792

parle1793

verbiagerie1817

vocabulation1859

phraseography1899

lexis1950

1792 E. Christian Diss. Cases Judicature 9 How poor and feeble is the verbiage of the modern declarations of rights, compared with this first Great Charter of the liberties of Englishmen.

1793 G. Steevens Note on Hamlet i. i, in Plays of Shakspeare XV. 18 This wretched plagiarist stands indebted both for his verbiage and his imagery to Ronsard.

1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) III. 193 All that is nothing; the previous verbiage [of the treaty] is thought sufficient to bind us.

1814 New Brit. Theatre III. 286 The language of the dialogue is as familiar as the verbiage of the parlour fireside.

1834 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 22 Feb. The precise verbiage in which such papers should be drawn out, had not been defined by any settled rules.

1904 19th Cent. Feb. 283 ‘Them blokes believe anything the 'tecs tell them.’ I do not defend the English of the phrase, but I fear there is some element of truth wrapped up in its peculiar verbiage.

1956 Washington Post 18 May 2/3 He indicated the traitorous-treasonous charge was implied in Nixon's 1952 campaign statements, even if the precise verbiage hadn't been used.

2004 Oklahoman (Nexis) 10 Mar. 15 a It's too bad the news media is unable to report the exact verbiage used by O'Neal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	verbiage
释义	verbiagen. Brit. /ˈvəːbɪɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈvərbiɪdʒ/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French verbiage. Etymology: < French verbiage (1671), formally < verbier (see warble v.¹) + -age -age suffix, but associated from an early date with verbe word, speech (see verb n.). A similar association with words derived ultimately from classical Latin verbum (compare especially verbose adj.) apparently existed from the very beginning in English.Compare Portuguese verbiagem in the same sense (1858; < French). 1. Superabundant or superfluous wording; profusion of words without good cause, or without helping to make the intended meaning clearer or more precise; excessive wordiness or elaborateness of language. 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 a1721 M. Prior Ess. & Dialogues of Dead: Lock & Montaigne in Dialogues of Dead & Other Wks. (1907) 230 Without..being guided by any sort of Verbiage like this. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 69 The Matter, when..cleared from the Perplexity of his abounding Verbiage, lies open to this easy Answer. 1787 C. Smith Romance Real Life I. 167 The repetitions and verbiage of the pleadings [have been] reduced. 1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia i. iii. 20 In vain you take refuge in abstractions and verbiage. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iii. 73 The Homeric phrase is thus often muffled and deadened by Pope's verbiage. 1933 Relig. Educ. Jan. 94/2 650 pages make a bulky book—but there is no mere verbiage or unnecessary padding. 1968 Mass. Rev. 9 392 This new kind of record-talk is..capable of improvising an even larger flow of verbiage about the ‘sonics’ of the record under review. 2011 J. L. Coulombe Reading Native Amer. Lit. i. 19 A well-phrased argument was often lost in the barrage of meaningless verbiage. 2. In a more neutral sense: the form of words in which something is expressed; wording. Chiefly U.S. in later use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > mode of expression manner of speakinga1387 termsc1400 parlancec1475 locution1483 diction1563 couching1571 dictamenta1572 dialect1579 style1594 phraseology1604 phrasing1611 expression1628 language1643 wording1649 routine1676 mode1779 verbiage1792 parle1793 verbiagerie1817 vocabulation1859 phraseography1899 lexis1950 1792 E. Christian Diss. Cases Judicature 9 How poor and feeble is the verbiage of the modern declarations of rights, compared with this first Great Charter of the liberties of Englishmen. 1793 G. Steevens Note on Hamlet i. i, in Plays of Shakspeare XV. 18 This wretched plagiarist stands indebted both for his verbiage and his imagery to Ronsard. 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) III. 193 All that is nothing; the previous verbiage [of the treaty] is thought sufficient to bind us. 1814 New Brit. Theatre III. 286 The language of the dialogue is as familiar as the verbiage of the parlour fireside. 1834 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 22 Feb. The precise verbiage in which such papers should be drawn out, had not been defined by any settled rules. 1904 19th Cent. Feb. 283 ‘Them blokes believe anything the 'tecs tell them.’ I do not defend the English of the phrase, but I fear there is some element of truth wrapped up in its peculiar verbiage. 1956 Washington Post 18 May 2/3 He indicated the traitorous-treasonous charge was implied in Nixon's 1952 campaign statements, even if the precise verbiage hadn't been used. 2004 Oklahoman (Nexis) 10 Mar. 15 a It's too bad the news media is unable to report the exact verbiage used by O'Neal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1721
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