circumlocutory
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Circumlocutory — Cir cum*loc u*to*ry, a. Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone. [1913 Webster] The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers s Journal. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
circumlocutory — index circuitous, indirect, oblique (evasive), prolix, turgid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
circumlocutory — adjective Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chamberss Journal … Wiktionary
circumlocutory — circumlocution ► NOUN ▪ the use of many words where fewer would do. DERIVATIVES circumlocutory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from circum around + loqui speak … English terms dictionary
circumlocutory — adjective roundabout and unnecessarily wordy had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression A periphrastic study in a worn out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With… … Useful english dictionary
circumlocutory — adjective see circumlocution … New Collegiate Dictionary
circumlocutory — cir·cum·loc·u·to·ry || ‚sÉœËkÉ™m lÉ’kjÊŠtÉ™rɪ adj. overly wordy, indirect, roundabout (pertaining to speech) … English contemporary dictionary
circumlocutory — a. Periphrastical, periphrastic, roundabout, indirect, involved, diffuse … New dictionary of synonyms
circumlocutory — adj periphrastic, pleonastic, tautological, redundant; verbose, wordy, prolix, profuse, diffuse, long winded, longiloquent; repetitive, tedious, battological; digressive, discursive, circuitous, roundabout, indirect, maundering, meandering,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
circumlocutory — cir·cum·loc·u·to·ry … English syllables
