verbiage |ˈvərbē-ij|
noun
speech or writing that uses too many words or excessively technical expressions.
ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from obsolete verbeier ‘to chatter,’ from verbe ‘word’ (see verb ).
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Professor Chin's verbiage is tiresome verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, long-windedness, loquacity, rigmarole, circumlocution, superfluity, periphrasis.
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