circumlocution as a noun: - 1
- 2
circumlocution
noun
1 circumlocution
A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
synonyms: ambage, periphrasis.
Roget 573:
diffuseness
etc.
adj.;
amplification
etc.
v.;
dilating
etc.
v.;
verbosity,
verbiage,
cloud of words,
copia verborum [Lat.];
flow of words
etc.
(loquacity)
584;
looseness.
Polylogy†,
tautology,
battology†,
perissology†;
pleonasm,
exuberance,
redundancy;
thrice-told tale;
prolixity;
circumlocution,
ambages†;
periphrase†,
periphrasis;
roundabout phrases;
episode;
expletive;
pennya-lining;
richness
etc.
577.
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Dutch: perifrase
Polish: opisowość
2 circumlocution
An indirect way of expressing something.
synonym: indirect expression.
Polish: omówienie, peryfraza
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