Circumlocution
31circumlocution — An overly complicated means of expression …
32circumlocution — /sɜkəmləˈkjuʃən / (say serkuhmluh kyoohshuhn) noun 1. a roundabout way of speaking; the use of too many words. 2. a roundabout expression. {Latin circumlocūtio} –circumlocutory /sɜkəmˈlɒkjətəri/ (say serkuhm lokyuhtuhree), / tri/ (say tree),… …
33circumlocution — n. roundabout phrase or talk. ♦ circumlocutory, a …
34CIRCUMLOCUTION OFFICE — a name employed by Dickens in Little Dorrit to designate the wearisome routine of public business …
35locution, circumlocution — Locution means a style of speech, a manner of oral expression, phraseology, a particular form of expression : The locution of native born speakers differs from that of immigrants. The locution of deaf persons sometimes seems strained and awkward …
36without circumlocution — index direct (straight) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
37periphrasis — Circumlocution; use of many words to express the sense of one …
38periphrasis — Circumlocution; verbosity …
39circumlocutory — circumlocution ► NOUN ▪ the use of many words where fewer would do. DERIVATIVES circumlocutory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from circum around + loqui speak …
40verbiage — verbiage, redundancy, tautology, pleonasm, circumlocution, periphrasis are comparable when they denote a fault of style or a form or mode of expression involving the use of too many words. Verbiage may imply delight in words for their own sake… …