wordage

== English == === Etymology === From word + -age. === Noun === wordage (countable and uncountable, plural wordages) Words collectively, considered in a mass sense. Near-synonym: language The excessive use of words. Synonyms: wordiness; verbiage; circumlocution 1829 April, "Article VIII" (review of The Cause of Dry Rot Discovered), The Westminster Review, p. 417 (Google books view): But the plates are good, and, in reality, sufficient without all the wordage. The number of words used in a text: synonym of word count. The choice of words used: word choice. Synonyms: verbiage; wording; diction Near-synonyms: phrasing; terminology; phraseology === References === “wordage”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === dogwear, dowager