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wordage

[wur-dij]

noun

words collectively.

quantity or amount of words: The wordage of the document exceeds a million.

verbiage; wordiness.

choice of words; wording: His wordage betrayed his lack of knowledge on the subject.

Origin:
1820–30; word + -age

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wordage (ˈwɜːdɪdʒ)

—n
	words considered collectively, esp a quantity of words

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