verbiage
noun/ˈvɜːbiɪdʒ/
/ˈvɜːrbiɪdʒ/
[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)- the use of too many words, or of more difficult words than are needed, to express an ideaWord Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from obsolete verbeier ‘to chatter’, from verbe ‘word’ or Latin verbum ‘word, verb’.
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