单词 | verbiage |
释义 | verbiage/ˈvəːbɪɪdʒ /noun [mass noun] 1Excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing: the basic idea here, despite all the verbiage, is simple there is plenty of irrelevant verbiage...
Synonyms verbosity, verboseness, padding, wordiness, prolixity, prolixness, superfluity, redundancy, long-windedness, lengthiness, protractedness, discursiveness, expansiveness, digressiveness, convolution, circumlocution, circuitousness, rambling, wandering, meandering British informal waffle, waffling, wittering, flannel rare logorrhoea 2US The way in which something is expressed; wording or diction: we need to look at how the rule should be applied, based on the verbiage...
UsageThe form verbage, formed without the i on the pattern of words such as garbage, is sometimes used, but this is generally regarded as a mistake. Around five per cent of citations in the Oxford English Corpus are for this incorrect spelling. OriginEarly 18th century: from French, from obsolete verbeier 'to chatter', from verbe 'word' (see verb). |
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