Verbiage Definition

vûrbē-ĭj, -bĭj
noun
An excess of words beyond those needed to express concisely what is meant; wordiness.
Webster's New World
Style of expression; diction.
Webster's New World
The manner in which something is expressed in words.
Software verbiage.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Verbiage

Noun

Singular:
verbiage
Plural:
verbiages

Origin of Verbiage

  • French from Middle French verbier to warble, twitter, prattle (variant of earlier verboier) (Old French guerbler to sing in a certain way (perhaps by using modulations) warble) -age n. suff. (influenced in sense by verbe word)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French verbiage

    From Wiktionary

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