circumlocution
noun
a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
circumlocutional
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a word derived from
circumlocution.
Example Sentences
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It was in vain that her mother had explained with many circumlocutional phrases, that the fitness in this respect should be accommodated rather to the plebeian husband than to the noble parent.
From The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
It is as certain as that every inventor of anything designed for the public good, and offered to the English Government, becomes ipso facto a criminal, to have his heart broken on the circumlocutional wheel.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 by Mamie Dickens
