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Webster 1913 Edition


Verbiage

Ver′bi-age

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[F.
verbiage
, from OF.
verbe
a word. See
Verb
.]
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.
Verbosity; use of many words without necessity; superabundance of words.

Definition 2024


verbiage

verbiage

English

Noun

verbiage (countable and uncountable, plural verbiages)

  1. Overabundance of words
  2. (US) The manner in which something is expressed in words;
    use concise military verbiageG.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


French

Etymology

From Middle French verbier

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ.bjaʒ/

Noun

verbiage m (countable and uncountable, plural verbiages)

  1. verbiage

Synonyms