Verbiage Definition

vûrbē-ĭj, -bĭj
noun
An excess of words beyond those needed to express concisely what is meant; wordiness.
Webster's New World
Style of expression; diction.
Webster's New World
The manner in which something is expressed in words.
Software verbiage.
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Other Word Forms of Verbiage

Noun

Singular:
verbiage
Plural:
verbiages

Origin of Verbiage

  • French from Middle French verbier to warble, twitter, prattle (variant of earlier verboier) (Old French guerbler to sing in a certain way (perhaps by using modulations) warble) -age n. suff. (influenced in sense by verbe word)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French verbiage

    From Wiktionary

Verbiage Sentence Examples

  • In any case the length of his work is not the result of verbiage or repetitions.

  • The material contained in this book is narrow, repetitive, and padded out with excessive verbiage.

  • Read some of the pages I have on my site, instead of giving me all this empty verbiage.

  • Once you have the basic verbiage of Scrabble rules and strategy down, you can move on to expanding your vocabulary to include both everyday and rarer words that will help you win a game.

  • There is plenty of verbiage surrounding the handbag and fashion industry, but when it comes to designer replicas, there is an important distinction to be made.

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Words Starting With

VVEVER

Words Ending With

EGEAGE

Unscrambles

verbiage

Words Starting With V and Ending With E

Starts With V & Ends With EStarts With VE & Ends With EStarts With V & Ends With GE

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With V8 Letter Words Ending With E