verbiage

[ vur-bee-ij ]
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noun
  1. overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.

  2. manner or style of expressing something in words; wording: a manual of official verbiage.

Origin of verbiage

1
First recorded in 1715–25; from French, from Middle French verbi(er) “to gabble” (also guerbloier, verboier, werbler, with a change in spelling by association with verbe “word,” from Germanic; see verb, warble1) + -age -age

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verbiage

/ (ˈvɜːbɪɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. the excessive and often meaningless use of words; verbosity

  2. rare diction; wording

Origin of verbiage

1
C18: from French, from Old French verbier to chatter, from verbe word, from Latin verbum

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