circumlocutious English

Meaning circumlocutious meaning

What does circumlocutious mean?

circumlocutious

— adjective (= circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; ; ; ('ambagious' is archaic) 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

Synonyms circumlocutious synonyms

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circumlocutious English » English

periphrastic

circumlocutory

ambagious

vagrant

vagabond

roundabout

peregrine

mealymouthed

evasive

circuitous