verbiage

ver·bi·age

V0060400 (vûr′bē-ĭj, -bĭj)n.1. An excess of words for the purpose; wordiness.2. The manner in which something is expressed in words: software verbiage.

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[French, from Middle French : verbier, to warble, twitter, prattle (variant of earlier verboier; akin to Old French guerbler, to sing in a certain way (perhaps by using modulations); see warble) + -age, n. suff. (influenced in sense by verbe, word).]

verbiage

(ˈvɜːbɪɪdʒ) n1. the excessive and often meaningless use of words; verbosity2. rare diction; wording[C18: from French, from Old French verbier to chatter, from verbe word, from Latin verbum]

ver•bi•age

(ˈvɜr bi ɪdʒ)

n. 1. overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech. 2. manner or style of expressing something in words; wording. [1715–25; < French, = Middle French verbi(er) to gabble (compare early Picard dial. verbloier, werbler to warble¹) + -age -age]

verbiage

wordiness or prolixity; an excess of words.See also: Language

Verbiage

 a large number or overuse of words, 1721.Examples: verbiage of the parlour fireside, 1814; of pleadings, 1787; of words, 1721.

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Noun	1.	verbiage - overabundance of words verbalismverboseness, verbosity - an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
	2.	verbiage - the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Pattonchoice of words, phraseology, wording, phrasing, dictionformulation, expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"mot juste - the appropriate word or expressionverbalisation, verbalization - the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization

verbiage

noun verbosity, repetition, tautology, redundancy, circumlocution, prolixity, periphrasis, pleonasm His writing is full of pretentious and self-indulgent verbiage.

verbiage

nounWords or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision:diffuseness, diffusion, long-windedness, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness.

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