wordage

wordage
\\-dij, -dēj\ noun (-s)
1.
a. : words

keeps the music programs tied together with wordage — Saul Carson

b. : verbiage 1

all the lobby and meeting-room wordage produced only these skimpy results — Newsweek

2. : the number or quantity of words

six long stories, ranging in wordage from 17,000 to 35,000 — Anthony Boucher

3. : the use or choice of words : wording 2

signs of youth and inexperience in the wordage, some of which is at random — New York Herald Tribune Book Review


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