Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
a.Pertaining to circumlocution; consisting or contained in a compass of words; periphrastic.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CIRCUMLOCUTORY
CIRCUMLOCUTORY Cir `cum *loc "u *to *ry, a.
Defn: Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone. The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers's Journal.
New American Oxford Dictionary
circumlocutory
cir cum loc u to ry |ˌsərkəmˈläkyəˌtôrē sɜːrkəmˈlɑːkjətɔːri | ▶adjective using many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; long-winded: he has a meandering, circumlocutory speaking style.
Oxford Dictionary
circumlocutory
circumlocutory |ˌsəːkəmˈlɒkjʊt (ə )ri | ▶adjective using many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; long-winded: he has a meandering, circumlocutory speaking style.
Oxford Thesaurus
circumlocutory
circumlocutory adjective his circumlocutory language: periphrastic, circuitous, indirect, roundabout; tautological, repetitive, repetitious, diffuse, discursive, long-winded, prolix, verbose, wordy, rambling, wandering, tortuous; rare pleonastic, circumlocutionary, ambagious.
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