VERBIAGE


Meaning of VERBIAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvər-bē-ij also ]

-bij noun

Etymology: French, from Middle French verbier to chatter, alteration of Old French verboier, verbloier, from Old French (Picard dialect) werbler to trill — more at warble

Date: circa 1721

1. : a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content

such a tangled maze of evasive verbiage as a typical party platform — Marcia Davenport

2. : manner of expressing oneself in words : diction

sportswriters guarded their verbiage so jealously — R. A. Sokolov

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.