verbiage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French verbiage. Compare verb meaning "word" in verbal and verbose.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Overabundance of words.
A very garrulous person, he approached the counter in a fog of verbiage.
1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 39:bureaucratic verbiage
We're done drafting our paper except for the final check to see whether any verbiage can be reduced.
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(countable, uncountable) The manner in which something is expressed in words; word choice.
The comparison of coincidences in the verbiage of different languages, and affinity of etymological formation, are interesting subjects of philological investigation.
1846, Margaret Thornley, The True End of Education and the Means Adapted to It:We're done drafting our paper except for the final verbiage on fire safety, which will be supplied by the safety engineers.
In each article of this series, there is a paragraph on nutrition; the verbiage for it was developed by consensus among the section editors, and therefore no elective rewording should be done (by others) in any such paragraph.
Use concise military verbiage.
1947, George S. Patton, War as I Knew It:Near-synonyms: phrasing; terminology; phraseology
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| verbiages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
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Synonyms
wordage · long-windedness · wordishness · circumlocution · verbosity · surplusage · prolixity · wording · phraseology · wordiness · wordage · diction · terminology · verbalism · verboseness · phrasing
Translations (35)
fi sanahelinä (overabundance of words) · bg многосло́вие (overabundance of words) · ga foclachas (overabundance of words) · uk багатослі́вність (overabundance of words) · cmn 措詞 /措词 (word choice) · ru словоблу́дие (overabundance of words) · de Wortschwall (overabundance of words) · nl woordenvloed (overabundance of words) · cmn 用語 /用语 (word choice) · es verborrea (overabundance of words) · ru многосло́вие (overabundance of words) · fi sanoitus (word choice) · uk марносло́вство (overabundance of words) · ca xerrameca (overabundance of words) · es verborragia (overabundance of words) · fi sanapaljous (overabundance of words) · sh пра̏зносло̄вље (overabundance of words) · uk марнослі́в'я (overabundance of words) · uk словоблу́ддя (overabundance of words) · fr verbiage (overabundance of words) · cmn 詞冗 /词冗 (overabundance of words) · uk пустослі́в'я (overabundance of words) · be словаблу́дства (overabundance of words) · ru пустосло́вие (overabundance of words) · cmn 連篇累牘 /连篇累牍 (overabundance of words) · uk словоблу́дство (overabundance of words) · nb ordgyteri (overabundance of words) · be шматсло́ўнасць (overabundance of words) · be шматсло́ўе (overabundance of words) · cy geiriogrwydd (overabundance of words) · fi sananvalinta (word choice) · sh prȁznoslōvlje (overabundance of words) · pl gadanina (overabundance of words) · pt palavrório (overabundance of words) · be пустасло́ўе (overabundance of words)