verbiage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun overabundance of words
    verbalism.
  2. noun the manner in which something is expressed in words
    diction; phrasing; choice of words; phraseology; wording.
    • use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

WordNet

Ver"bi*age noun
Etymology
F. verbiage, from OF. verbe a word. See Verb.
Definitions
  1. The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.
    Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. W. Irving.
    This barren verbiage current among men. Tennyson.

Webster 1913