/verr"beuh liz'euhm/ , n.
1. a verbal expression, as a word or phrase.
2. the way in which something is worded; choice of words; phrasing.
3. a phrase or sentence having little or no meaning.
4. a use of words considered as predominating over or obscuring ideas or reality; verbiage.
[ 1780-90; VERBAL + -ISM ]