English-Thai Dictionary

circumlocution

N การ อ้อม ไป อ้อม มา  การ ไม่ พูด ตรงๆ  periphrasis kan-aom-pai-aom-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CIRCUMLOCUTION

n.A circuit or compass of words; a periphrase; the use of a number of words to express an idea, when a suitable term is not at hand, or when a speaker chooses to avoid the use of a single term, either from delicacy or respect, or with a view to soften the force of a direct expression, or for other reason.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CIRCUMLOCUTION

Cir `cum *lo *cu "tion, n. Etym: [L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See Loquacious. ]

 

Defn: The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrese. the plain Billingagate way of calling names... would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift. Circumlocution office, a term of riducle for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.

 

CIRCUMLOCUTIONAL

CIRCUMLOCUTIONAL Cir `cum *lo *cu "tion *al, a.

 

Defn: Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

circumlocution

cir cum lo cu tion |ˌsərkəmˌlōˈkyo͞oSHən sɜːrkəmləˈkjuːʃn | ▶noun the use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive: his admission came after years of circumlocution | he used a number of poetic circumlocutions. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin circumlocutio (n- ) (translating Greek periphrasis ), from circum ‘around ’ + locutio (n- ), from loqui ‘speak. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

circumlocution

circumlocution |ˌsəːkəmləˈkjuːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive: his admission came after years of circumlocution | [ count noun ] : he used a number of poetic circumlocutions. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin circumlocutio (n- ) (translating Greek periphrasis ), from circum ‘around ’ + locutio (n- ) from loqui ‘speak ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

circumlocution

circumlocution noun when you've finished your circumlocution, maybe you could just get to the point: periphrasis, discursiveness, long-windedness, verbosity, verbiage, wordiness, prolixity, redundancy, pleonasm, tautology, repetitiveness, repetitiousness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

circumlocution

circumlocution noun periphrasis, circuitousness, indirectness; tautology, repetition, repetitiveness, repetitiousness, diffuseness, discursiveness, long-windedness, verbosity, wordiness, prolixity, verbiage, redundancy, superfluity; euphemism; informal beating about the bush; rare pleonasm, perissology.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

circumlocution

cir cum lo cu tion /sə̀ː r kəmloʊkjúːʃ (ə )n |-lə -/名詞 ｟かたく 通例けなして ｠1 C (明言を避けるための )回りくどい表現 [言葉 ]; 言い逃れ .2 U 回りくどさ, 遠回しなこと [話し方 ].c ì r cum l ó c u t ò ry 形容詞