circumlocutious

Letters that make circumlocutious

s, o, l, c, m, r, t, i, u are letters that make 'circumlocutious'

Words within circumlocutious

cum, ti, IR, IOU, ml, Ci, ut, cut, ci, US, Io, Cu, Ir, Ti, UT are words within 'circumlocutious'


1 possible definitions for 'circumlocutious'

Circumlocutious as "roundabout and unnecessarily wordy, (`ambagious' is archaic)"

Under this definition, circumlocutious is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious have the same meaning as 'circumlocutious'

Derivatives of circumlocutious

circumlocution, indirect expression, periphrasis, ambage are derivatives of 'circumlocutious'.

Similar to circumlocutious

indirect is similar to circumlocutious.

Example of circumlocutious used within this context

"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



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