Verbiage (; 48), n.
Etymology: [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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for verbiage; he lists it under circumlocution, diction.
Where he writes about it:
Verbiage is the use of mere words without thought. — from circumlocution
Verbiage never bears this sense (see circumlocution.) The language of a writer or speaker may be the national speech he employs; as, the English or French language; or the word may denote his use of that language; as, the author's language is well (or ill) chosen. — from diction