circumlocutory

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; ; -T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
- "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"

Adj

Characterised by circumlocution; overly wordy

Origin / Etymology

From circumlocution + -ory; compare Medieval Latin circumlocūtōrius from Classical Latin circumlocūtiō.

Synonyms

ambagious, circumlocuitous, circumlocutional, circumlocutionary, circumlocutious, periphrastic, verbose

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