words considered collectively, esp a quantity of words
wordage in American English
(ˈwɜrdɪdʒ)
noun
1.
words collectively, or the number of words (of a story, novel, etc.)
2.
verbiage; wordiness
3.
wording; diction
wordage in American English
(ˈwɜːrdɪdʒ)
noun
1.
words collectively
2.
quantity or amount of words
The wordage of the document exceeds a million
3.
verbiage; wordiness
4.
choice of words; wording
His wordage betrayed his lack of knowledge on the subject
Word origin
[1820–30; word + -age]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, analogue, boomerang, insider, karma-age is a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech,occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage; courage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of”(seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of living or business” (parsonage; brokerage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage; patronage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage; shortage; tonnage; towage)
Examples of 'wordage' in a sentence
wordage
Why do finance firms bother with all this wordage?