Added 10 October 2026
verbiage
/ˈvɜː(ɹ).bi.ɪd͡ʒ/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about verbiage at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Overabundance of words.
bureaucratic verbiage
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The manner in which something is expressed in words; word choice.
In each article of this series, there is a paragraph on nutrition; the verbiage for it was developed by consensus among the section editors, and therefore no elective rewording should be done (by others) in any such paragraph.
Origin
From French verbiage. Compare verb meaning "word" in verbal and verbose.
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