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Webster 1913 Edition
Verbiage
Ver′bi-age
(?; 48)
, Noun.
The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.
Verbiage
may indicate observation, but not thinking. W. Irving.
This barren
verbiage
current among men. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Verbiage
VERB'IAGE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
verbiage
verbiage
English
Noun
verbiage (countable and uncountable, plural verbiages)
- Overabundance of words
- (US) The manner in which something is expressed in words;
- use concise military verbiage – G.S. Patton Usage note: because of the pejorative connotation of the primary definition of "verbiage" it is preferred to use "diction," "phrasing," etc. to describe the manner in which something is expressed in words.
Translations
overabundance of words
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French
Etymology
From Middle French verbier
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.bjaʒ/
Noun
verbiage m (countable and uncountable, plural verbiages)
Synonyms
- (colloquial) blablabla