circumlocution

/sur-kum-loh-KYOO-shun/noun

the 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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