Definition of verbiage in English:

verbiage

nounˈvəːbɪɪdʒˈvərbiɪdʒ

mass noun

1Excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing.
the basic idea here, despite all the verbiage, is simple
there is plenty of irrelevant verbiage
Example sentencesExamples
- Even I can't read all that much excessive verbiage, so I certainly don't expect you to do so.
- Brawarsky's maximalism finally loses its punch in excesses of painterly verbiage.
- Jargon was all-pervading, and treated as a substitute for thought - excessive verbiage usually hides a basic lack of real information.
- At the time I considered the article a piece of ill-informed verbiage, posing as journalism.
- Minus the film interaction, however, the opus suffered from overwrought verbiage and meandering vignettes.
- I've lost jobs because I'll send the contract back and there are more lines going through all the verbiage than there is verbiage.
- Rothbard meant to be understood and he did not mean to be trapped in irrelevant verbiage.
- Corruption and tyranny both hide in irrelevant public verbiage.
- We want to hose someone with verbiage until they yell uncle.
- Despite the ramblings of this essay, I am left more with feeling and beingness than with text and verbiage.
- Cutting through all of the government verbiage and jargon, if you will, what is the impact over the next five years?
- It is important that the most important and strongest statements are not buried behind excessive verbiage.
- Bring any two lawyers together for an opinion and they'll argue until the cash, space or verbiage runs out.
- After all, the Internet has an infinite capacity to tuck excess verbiage away where no one need be bothered by it.
- Still, compared to most academic texts, Jones's verbiage is only middling.
- Dwarfed by the scope of the bill's radical changes, this bit of verbiage flew under the public's radar screen.
- If you're not sure what verbiage to use when personalizing a gift such as toasting flutes, you're not alone.
- I fear that in all the disgusting verbiage of this bill, that does not appear anywhere.
- Smiley says her first letters to the Times were edited heavily, with excess verbiage getting the knife.
- The rest of it appears to be superfluous verbiage to them.
Synonyms
verbosity, verboseness, padding, wordiness, prolixity, prolixness, superfluity, redundancy, long-windedness, lengthiness, protractedness, discursiveness, expansiveness, digressiveness, convolution, circumlocution, circuitousness, rambling, wandering, meandering
British informal waffle, waffling, wittering, flannel
rare logorrhoea
2US The way in which something is expressed; wording or diction.
we need to look at how the rule should be applied, based on the verbiage
Example sentencesExamples
- I wish I hadn't used the word 'consultant'—it was the wrong verbiage.
- Sherman's behavior and verbiage was succinct and efficient but it wasn't even remotely "thuggish."
- The verbiage on the site is also key to the design.
- She brings up a valid point about Vicki constantly trying to create animosity("am-in-osity," in her verbiage) between her and Tamra.
- A modern cinematic chronicle of baseball's integration has to be bolder about using authentic verbiage.
- In an email/face-to-face approach, make the verbiage appropriate for one-on-one communication.
- Last time stamp for this article is early morning, and the verbiage hints at the future, not present or past.
- In that same tradition Walsh provides them with some witty, juicy verbiage.
- Senators and Representatives become enamored of the "word du jour", a particular verbiage they find to be novel and attention-getting.
- You are correct that the proper verbiage would be to use the verb "release".
- His reports are clear, granular, and well-documented, both in terms of verbiage and photos.
- The shirt is charcoal in color with the verbiage and imagery in green, blue and white.

Usage

The form verbage, formed without the i on the pattern of words such as garbage, is sometimes used, but this is generally regarded as a mistake. Around five per cent of citations in the Oxford English Corpus are for this incorrect spelling

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from obsolete verbeier 'to chatter', from verbe 'word' (see verb).

Definition of verbiage in US English:

verbiage

nounˈvərbiɪdʒˈvərbēij

1Speech or writing that uses too many words or excessively technical expressions.
措辞啰嗦的讲话（或文章）；（因过多使用技术用语而）语言艰涩的讲话（或文章）
Example sentencesExamples
- Smiley says her first letters to the Times were edited heavily, with excess verbiage getting the knife.
- If you're not sure what verbiage to use when personalizing a gift such as toasting flutes, you're not alone.
- We want to hose someone with verbiage until they yell uncle.
- Corruption and tyranny both hide in irrelevant public verbiage.
- Even I can't read all that much excessive verbiage, so I certainly don't expect you to do so.
- After all, the Internet has an infinite capacity to tuck excess verbiage away where no one need be bothered by it.
- Dwarfed by the scope of the bill's radical changes, this bit of verbiage flew under the public's radar screen.
- Brawarsky's maximalism finally loses its punch in excesses of painterly verbiage.
- Cutting through all of the government verbiage and jargon, if you will, what is the impact over the next five years?
- I've lost jobs because I'll send the contract back and there are more lines going through all the verbiage than there is verbiage.
- Minus the film interaction, however, the opus suffered from overwrought verbiage and meandering vignettes.
- I fear that in all the disgusting verbiage of this bill, that does not appear anywhere.
- Still, compared to most academic texts, Jones's verbiage is only middling.
- The rest of it appears to be superfluous verbiage to them.
- It is important that the most important and strongest statements are not buried behind excessive verbiage.
- Bring any two lawyers together for an opinion and they'll argue until the cash, space or verbiage runs out.
- At the time I considered the article a piece of ill-informed verbiage, posing as journalism.
- Despite the ramblings of this essay, I am left more with feeling and beingness than with text and verbiage.
- Rothbard meant to be understood and he did not mean to be trapped in irrelevant verbiage.
- Jargon was all-pervading, and treated as a substitute for thought - excessive verbiage usually hides a basic lack of real information.
Synonyms
verbosity, verboseness, padding, wordiness, prolixity, prolixness, superfluity, redundancy, long-windedness, lengthiness, protractedness, discursiveness, expansiveness, digressiveness, convolution, circumlocution, circuitousness, rambling, wandering, meandering
2US The way in which something is expressed; wording or diction.
we need to look at how the rule should be applied, based on the verbiage
Example sentencesExamples
- In that same tradition Walsh provides them with some witty, juicy verbiage.
- Senators and Representatives become enamored of the "word du jour", a particular verbiage they find to be novel and attention-getting.
- The verbiage on the site is also key to the design.
- You are correct that the proper verbiage would be to use the verb "release".
- A modern cinematic chronicle of baseball's integration has to be bolder about using authentic verbiage.
- His reports are clear, granular, and well-documented, both in terms of verbiage and photos.
- The shirt is charcoal in color with the verbiage and imagery in green, blue and white.
- Last time stamp for this article is early morning, and the verbiage hints at the future, not present or past.
- She brings up a valid point about Vicki constantly trying to create animosity("am-in-osity," in her verbiage) between her and Tamra.
- I wish I hadn't used the word 'consultant'—it was the wrong verbiage.
- In an email/face-to-face approach, make the verbiage appropriate for one-on-one communication.
- Sherman's behavior and verbiage was succinct and efficient but it wasn't even remotely "thuggish."

Usage

The form verbage, formed without the i on the pattern of words such as garbage, is sometimes used, but this is generally regarded as a mistake. Around five percent of citations in the Oxford English Corpus are for this incorrect spelling

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from obsolete verbeier ‘to chatter’, from verbe ‘word’ (see verb).

单词	verbiage
释义	Definition of verbiage in English: verbiage nounˈvəːbɪɪdʒˈvərbiɪdʒ mass noun 1Excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing. the basic idea here, despite all the verbiage, is simple there is plenty of irrelevant verbiage Example sentencesExamples Even I can't read all that much excessive verbiage, so I certainly don't expect you to do so. Brawarsky's maximalism finally loses its punch in excesses of painterly verbiage. Jargon was all-pervading, and treated as a substitute for thought - excessive verbiage usually hides a basic lack of real information. At the time I considered the article a piece of ill-informed verbiage, posing as journalism. Minus the film interaction, however, the opus suffered from overwrought verbiage and meandering vignettes. I've lost jobs because I'll send the contract back and there are more lines going through all the verbiage than there is verbiage. Rothbard meant to be understood and he did not mean to be trapped in irrelevant verbiage. Corruption and tyranny both hide in irrelevant public verbiage. We want to hose someone with verbiage until they yell uncle. Despite the ramblings of this essay, I am left more with feeling and beingness than with text and verbiage. Cutting through all of the government verbiage and jargon, if you will, what is the impact over the next five years? It is important that the most important and strongest statements are not buried behind excessive verbiage. Bring any two lawyers together for an opinion and they'll argue until the cash, space or verbiage runs out. After all, the Internet has an infinite capacity to tuck excess verbiage away where no one need be bothered by it. Still, compared to most academic texts, Jones's verbiage is only middling. Dwarfed by the scope of the bill's radical changes, this bit of verbiage flew under the public's radar screen. If you're not sure what verbiage to use when personalizing a gift such as toasting flutes, you're not alone. I fear that in all the disgusting verbiage of this bill, that does not appear anywhere. Smiley says her first letters to the Times were edited heavily, with excess verbiage getting the knife. The rest of it appears to be superfluous verbiage to them. Synonyms verbosity, verboseness, padding, wordiness, prolixity, prolixness, superfluity, redundancy, long-windedness, lengthiness, protractedness, discursiveness, expansiveness, digressiveness, convolution, circumlocution, circuitousness, rambling, wandering, meandering British informal waffle, waffling, wittering, flannel rare logorrhoea 2US The way in which something is expressed; wording or diction. we need to look at how the rule should be applied, based on the verbiage Example sentencesExamples I wish I hadn't used the word 'consultant'—it was the wrong verbiage. Sherman's behavior and verbiage was succinct and efficient but it wasn't even remotely "thuggish." The verbiage on the site is also key to the design. She brings up a valid point about Vicki constantly trying to create animosity("am-in-osity," in her verbiage) between her and Tamra. A modern cinematic chronicle of baseball's integration has to be bolder about using authentic verbiage. In an email/face-to-face approach, make the verbiage appropriate for one-on-one communication. Last time stamp for this article is early morning, and the verbiage hints at the future, not present or past. In that same tradition Walsh provides them with some witty, juicy verbiage. Senators and Representatives become enamored of the "word du jour", a particular verbiage they find to be novel and attention-getting. You are correct that the proper verbiage would be to use the verb "release". His reports are clear, granular, and well-documented, both in terms of verbiage and photos. The shirt is charcoal in color with the verbiage and imagery in green, blue and white. Usage The form verbage, formed without the i on the pattern of words such as garbage, is sometimes used, but this is generally regarded as a mistake. Around five per cent of citations in the Oxford English Corpus are for this incorrect spelling Origin Early 18th century: from French, from obsolete verbeier 'to chatter', from verbe 'word' (see verb). Definition of verbiage in US English: verbiage nounˈvərbiɪdʒˈvərbēij 1Speech or writing that uses too many words or excessively technical expressions. 措辞啰嗦的讲话（或文章）；（因过多使用技术用语而）语言艰涩的讲话（或文章） Example sentencesExamples Smiley says her first letters to the Times were edited heavily, with excess verbiage getting the knife. If you're not sure what verbiage to use when personalizing a gift such as toasting flutes, you're not alone. We want to hose someone with verbiage until they yell uncle. Corruption and tyranny both hide in irrelevant public verbiage. Even I can't read all that much excessive verbiage, so I certainly don't expect you to do so. After all, the Internet has an infinite capacity to tuck excess verbiage away where no one need be bothered by it. Dwarfed by the scope of the bill's radical changes, this bit of verbiage flew under the public's radar screen. Brawarsky's maximalism finally loses its punch in excesses of painterly verbiage. Cutting through all of the government verbiage and jargon, if you will, what is the impact over the next five years? I've lost jobs because I'll send the contract back and there are more lines going through all the verbiage than there is verbiage. Minus the film interaction, however, the opus suffered from overwrought verbiage and meandering vignettes. I fear that in all the disgusting verbiage of this bill, that does not appear anywhere. Still, compared to most academic texts, Jones's verbiage is only middling. The rest of it appears to be superfluous verbiage to them. It is important that the most important and strongest statements are not buried behind excessive verbiage. Bring any two lawyers together for an opinion and they'll argue until the cash, space or verbiage runs out. At the time I considered the article a piece of ill-informed verbiage, posing as journalism. Despite the ramblings of this essay, I am left more with feeling and beingness than with text and verbiage. Rothbard meant to be understood and he did not mean to be trapped in irrelevant verbiage. Jargon was all-pervading, and treated as a substitute for thought - excessive verbiage usually hides a basic lack of real information. Synonyms verbosity, verboseness, padding, wordiness, prolixity, prolixness, superfluity, redundancy, long-windedness, lengthiness, protractedness, discursiveness, expansiveness, digressiveness, convolution, circumlocution, circuitousness, rambling, wandering, meandering 2US The way in which something is expressed; wording or diction. we need to look at how the rule should be applied, based on the verbiage Example sentencesExamples In that same tradition Walsh provides them with some witty, juicy verbiage. Senators and Representatives become enamored of the "word du jour", a particular verbiage they find to be novel and attention-getting. The verbiage on the site is also key to the design. You are correct that the proper verbiage would be to use the verb "release". A modern cinematic chronicle of baseball's integration has to be bolder about using authentic verbiage. His reports are clear, granular, and well-documented, both in terms of verbiage and photos. The shirt is charcoal in color with the verbiage and imagery in green, blue and white. Last time stamp for this article is early morning, and the verbiage hints at the future, not present or past. She brings up a valid point about Vicki constantly trying to create animosity("am-in-osity," in her verbiage) between her and Tamra. I wish I hadn't used the word 'consultant'—it was the wrong verbiage. In an email/face-to-face approach, make the verbiage appropriate for one-on-one communication. Sherman's behavior and verbiage was succinct and efficient but it wasn't even remotely "thuggish." Usage The form verbage, formed without the i on the pattern of words such as garbage, is sometimes used, but this is generally regarded as a mistake. Around five percent of citations in the Oxford English Corpus are for this incorrect spelling Origin Early 18th century: from French, from obsolete verbeier ‘to chatter’, from verbe ‘word’ (see verb).
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