Circumlocution : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Circumlocution	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
circumlocution n a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things Synonym(s): circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage an indirect way of expressing something Synonym(s): circumlocution, indirect expression
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Circumlocution \Cir`cumlocu"tion\, n. [L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See {Loquacious}.] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase. the plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. --Swift. {Circumlocution office}, a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.