verbiage; wordiness; tautology; unnecessary talk
Refers to using more words than needed, or repeating the same idea in different words. Can describe both the habit of talking too much and the resulting speech or writing.
His explanation is full of verbiage, making it hard to grasp the main point.
「馬から落馬する」は冗語の例だ。
'Falling off a horse from a horse' is an example of tautology.
Standard kanji form for 'verbiage' or 'tautology'.
Rarely used kanji form; 冗語 is preferred.
Compound of 冗 (superfluous) and 語 (word). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning follows directly from the kanji components.