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circumlocutious - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
circumlocutious
Definition
(adj) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
Synonyms
:
ambagious
,
circumlocutory
,
periphrastic
Example Sentence
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 words and meanings.
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