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Meaning of CIRCUMLOCUTIOUS
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Definition:
[adj]
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
)
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Synonyms:
ambagious
,
circumlocutory
,
indirect
,
periphrastic
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