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[ vur-bee-ij ] / ˈvɜr bi ɪdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR verbiage ON THESAURUS.COM
nounoverabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity. manner or style of expressing something in words; wording: a manual of official verbiage. Origin of verbiage1715–25; <French, equivalent to Middle French verbi(er) to gabble + -age-age Words nearby verbiageverbatim, verbatim et literatim, verbena, verbenaceous, verbena family, verbiage, verbicide, verbid, verbify, verbigeration, verbing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for verbiagePolitical correctness was not part of her vocabulary, but anti-Semitic verbiage was. Understanding Diana Vreeland, ‘Empress of Fashion’|Robin Givhan|November 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST But the flood of Joan Rivers-style verbiage about her day-to-day wardrobe has overwhelmed those nuanced conversations. First Lady Fashion Fatigue|Robin Givhan|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST Occasionally, a memorable phrase floats up from the rivers of verbiage. State of the Union Sand Traps|Howard Kurtz|January 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST And compared with his recent speeches, it wasn't entirely a humdinger of verbiage. A Fair and Balanced Address|Tunku Varadarajan|August 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST
If Congress were paid by the word or the page, this verbiage might be understandable. The Ugly Truth About Financial-Regulatory Reform|Harvey Pitt|July 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST All this verbiage only meant that one side wished to remove Ledru-Rollin from power, and the other to keep him there. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville|Alexis De Tocqueville Let us try to extricate, if we can, his argument from this heap of verbiage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 434, December, 1851|Various A thought, a distinction is the rock on which all this brittle cargo of verbiage splits at once. Table-Talk|William Hazlitt The doctrine of implied powers is expounded with all of his peculiar force and clearness, but with some overabundance of verbiage. The Life of John Marshall (Volume 2 of 4)|Albert J. Beveridge As it turns out, you've come down to us as the Age of Verbiage. You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did|David E. Fisher
British Dictionary definitions for verbiage
nounthe excessive and often meaningless use of words; verbosity rare diction; wording Word Origin for verbiageC18: from French, from Old French verbier to chatter, from verbe word, from Latin verbum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to verbiageredundancy, verbosity, circumlocution, loquacity, prolixity, pleonasm, floridity, tautology, periphrasis, long-windedness, expansiveness |