Main Entry: ver·biage

Pronunciation: \ˈvər-bē-ij also -bij\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from Middle French verbier to chatter, alteration of Old French verboier, verbloier, from Old French (Picard dial.) werbler to trill — more at warble

Date: circa 1721

1 : a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content <such a tangled maze of evasive verbiage as a typical party platform — Marcia Davenport>
2 : manner of expressing oneself in words : diction <sportswriters guarded their verbiage so jealously — R. A. Sokolov>