circumlocution
/sur-kum-loh-KYOO-shun/nounthe use of many words where fewer would do; evasive speech
“Ask him the time and you get ten minutes of circumlocution.”
- Synonyms
- wordiness, verbiage, evasion
- Antonyms
- directness, conciseness
- Root
- loqu- (speak)
- Memory hook
- circum (around) + locution (speaking): talking around the point.
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