verbiage
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɜː(ɹ).bi.ɪdʒ/
Noun
verbiage (countable and uncountable, plural verbiages)
- Overabundance of words.
- (US) The manner in which something is expressed in words.
- use concise military verbiage – G.S. Patton
Usage note
Because of the pejorative connotation of the primary definition of verbiage it is preferred to use diction, phrasing, etc. to describe the manner in which something is expressed in words.
Translations
overabundance of words
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French
Etymology
From Middle French verbier + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.bjaʒ/
Noun
verbiage m (countable and uncountable, plural verbiages)
Synonyms
- (colloquial) blablabla
Further reading
- “verbiage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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