'Verbiage' definitions:

Definition of 'verbiage'

(from WordNet)
noun
Overabundance of words [syn: verbiage, verbalism]
noun
The manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage]

Definition of 'Verbiage'

From: GCIDE
  • Verbiage \Ver"bi*age\ (?; 48), n. [F. verbiage, from OF. verbe a word. See Verb.] The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness. [1913 Webster]
  • Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
  • This barren verbiage current among men. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]