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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

/ ˈɜːɪɪ /

noun

  1. the excessive and often meaningless use of words; verbosity
  2. rare.
    diction; wording
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51Թ 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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of verbiage1

C18: from French, from Old French verbier to chatter, from verbe word, from Latin verbum
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In a devastating scene, she lets him down about potentially starting a spa with him, using the same verbiage that Tanya used with her in Season 1.

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From her arrest to her execution, something about Barbara Graham inspired frenzied verbiage from the journalists of the era.

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Ms Spielman accuses the education secretary of using "polished verbiage and jazz hands" when announcing policies, and claimed some policies had been "influenced by education union leaders and activists".

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Despite his excessive verbiage and gaslighting of his critics, Wilson's worldview seems quite simple: God placed men over women and white people over Black people.

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The most verbose executive orders are likely the ones with the least power to effect change, a fact Trump's minions are trying to hide by overwhelming people with verbiage.

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