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EntityQ302152· pop 19· linked from 117 articles

Also known as logorrhea

Verbosity, or verboseness, is speech or writing that uses more words than necessary. The opposite of verbosity is succinctness.

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Within Vinony's link graph, verbiage is referenced by 117 other articles, and connects out to concision, Bible and French.

It is catalogued under topics including Grammar, Language varieties and styles and Literary terminology.

Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.

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pleonasm
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Article · Français

Un verbiage est un discours avec une abondance de paroles qui disent peu de chose. Historiquement du moyen français (1671), de verbier, « gazouiller ». Le terme est à rapprocher de : discours creux, bavardage, phraséologie (littérature), verbosité.

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