verbiage
noun
[ ˈvəːbɪɪdʒ ]
• excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing.
• "the basic idea here, despite all the verbiage, is simple"
Similar:
verbosity,
verboseness,
padding,
wordiness,
prolixity,
prolixness,
superfluity,
redundancy,
long-windedness,
lengthiness,
protractedness,
discursiveness,
expansiveness,
digressiveness,
convolution,
circumlocution,
circuitousness,
rambling,
wandering,
meandering,
waffle,
waffling,
wittering,
flannel,
logorrhoea,
• 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"
Origin:
early 18th century: from French, from obsolete verbeier ‘to chatter’, from verbe ‘word’ (see verb).
