verbiage

[vur-bee-ij]

noun

1. overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.

2. manner or style of expressing something in words; wording.

   a manual of official verbiage.

verbiage

/ ˈvɜːbɪɪdʒ /

noun

1. the excessive and often meaningless use of words; verbosity

2. rare,  diction; wording

Word History and Origins

Origin of verbiage¹

First recorded in 1715–25; from French, from Middle French verbi(er) “to gabble” (also guerbloier, verboier, werbler, with a change in spelling by association with verbe “word,” from Germanic; verb, warble ¹ ( def. ) ) + -age -age

Word History and Origins

Origin of verbiage¹

C18: from French, from Old French verbier to chatter, from verbe word, from Latin verbum

Example Sentences

The earlier of these is diminished only by the inclusion of a racial slur, which is closer to the verbiage heard in the original 1927 production of “Show Boat.”

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It’s one of those things where the verbiage that everyone uses is “attached.”

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On game day, Verse encouraged and welcomed the colorful verbiage that came his way, and he recorded two of the Rams’ seven sacks in a 28-22 defeat.

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Still, “moving forward, in all honesty, I’ve even thought to myself recently how much of my verbiage will now change because of this disaster.”

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Even if its repetitive verbiage drove parents a little mad?

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