ver·bi·age
(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.
[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).]
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verbiage
(ˈvɜːbɪɪdʒ)n
1. the excessive and often meaningless use of words; verbosity
2. rare diction; wording
[C18: from French, from Old French verbier to chatter, from verbe word, from Latin verbum]
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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]
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verbiage
wordiness or prolixity; an excess of words.
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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  verbiage - overabundance of words verboseness, 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.Patton formulation, 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 expression verbalisation, verbalization - the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization |
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verbiage
noun verbosity, repetition, tautology, redundancy, circumlocution, prolixity, periphrasis, pleonasm His writing is full of pretentious and self-indulgent verbiage.
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verbiage
nounWords or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision:
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Translations
ordgyteri
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verbiage
n → Wortwust m, → Wortfülle f, → Blabla nt (inf); you won’t impress the examiners with a lot of verbiage → mit Geschwafel nt → or Blabla nt (inf) → kannst du die Prüfer nicht beeindrucken; there’s too much verbiage in this report → dieser Bericht ist zu umständlich geschrieben
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