Meaning of VERBIAGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'vurbeeij
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- [n] the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
- [n] overabundance of words
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| | Synonyms: | | choice of words, diction, phraseology, phrasing, wording |
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| | See Also: | | expression, formulation, mot juste, verbalisation, verbalization, verboseness, verbosity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking.
--W. Irving.
This barren verbiage current among men. --Tennyson.
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| | Definition: | | When the context involves a software or hardware system, this refers to documentation. This term borrows the connotations of mainstream "verbiage" to suggest that the documentation is of marginal utility and that the motives behind its production have little to do with the ostensible subject. [Jargon File] |
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