| Circumlocutory | a. Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ] The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers's Journal. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 婉曲迂遠 | [えんきょくうえん, enkyokuuen] (n, adj-na) being euphemistic and circumlocutory [Add to Longdo] |
| circumlocutious | (adj) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; ; -T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic), Syn. ambagious, periphrastic, circumlocutory, Example: 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. |
| weitschweifig | circumlocutory [Add to Longdo] |