Definitions for: Verbiage

[n] the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
[n] overabundance of words

Webster (1913) Definition: Ver"bi*age (?; 48), n. [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.

Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phraseology, phrasing, wording

See Also: expression, formulation, mot juste, verbalisation, verbalization, verboseness, verbosity

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