CIRCUMLOCUTORY

circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious

(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 words and meanings.”-T.S.Eliot; (‘ambagious’ is archaic)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

circumlocutory (comparative more circumlocutory, superlative most circumlocutory)

Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic; verbose.

Synonyms

• circumlocuitous

• circumlocutious

• circumlocutional

• circumlocutionary

Source: Wiktionary

Cir`cum*loc"u*to*ry, a.

Definition: Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone. The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers's Journal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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