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.