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wordage

American  
[wur-dij] / ˈwɜr dɪdʒ /

noun

  1. words collectively.

  2. quantity or amount of words.

    The wordage of the document exceeds a million.

  3. verbiage; wordiness.

  4. choice of words; wording: word.

    His wordage betrayed his lack of knowledge on the subject.


wordage British  
/ ˈwɜːdɪdʒ /

noun

  1. words considered collectively, esp a quantity of words

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Etymology

Origin of wordage

First recorded in 1820–30; word + -age

Example Sentences

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“It’s an absolute mouthful to sing, with a lot of wordage,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

The music, as Spiegelman notes, has to be tuned into, tracked among the acrobatics of wordage, the high-wire leaps of thought.

From Washington Post

So, the wordage “Dog Days” emerged as a phrase to refer to the long stretch of extreme summer weather and it has been handed down through generations.

From Washington Times

It might be five pages but it’s not nearly as much wordage and content than it used to be.

From Slate

“The only thing going to a different team is different wordage and he changed up a couple of different schemes. But the majority of it is still the same for me.”

From Washington Times