circumlocutory - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'circumlocutory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Circumlocutory

[ a.]

- Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic.

1 . circumlocutory

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

Example in sentence:

A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.;
had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression

circ circar circassian circean circensial circensian circinal circinate circination circle

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