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Definition of verbiage noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

verbiage

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