noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Overabundance of words. countable, uncountable

   "bureaucratic verbiage"

2. 2
   the manner in which something is expressed in words wordnet
3. 3
   The manner in which something is expressed in words; word choice. countable, uncountable

   "Near-synonyms: phrasing; terminology; phraseology"

4. 4
   overabundance of words wordnet

Synonyms

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dictionphraseologyphrasingverbalismwordingwording

Antonyms

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succinctness

Example

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"The author's verbiage produced a document of mammoth size and microscopic import."

Etymology

From French verbiage. Compare verb meaning "word" in verbal and verbose.

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