wordage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Words collectively, considered in a mass sense.

   Near-synonym: language

2. 2
   noun

   The excessive use of words.

   But the plates are good, and, in reality, sufficient without all the wordage.

3. 3
   noun

   The number of words used in a text: synonym of word count.

   The official transcript totaled 2,045,000 words—more than twice the wordage of the Bible.

4. 4
   noun

   The choice of words used: word choice.

   Near-synonyms: phrasing; terminology; phraseology

Etymology

From word + -age.