circumlocution

Meaning

Noun

  • A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus:
  • An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.

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Origin

  • From Latin circumlocūtiō. Surface analysis circum- + locution, thus "getting around (a problem) in speaking or writing". Probably a calque of Ancient Greek περίφρασις.

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