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Meanings of circumlocution in English

Russian
перифраз
Portuguese
perifrase
Catalan
perífrasi
Spanish
circunloquio

Ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech.

        Related terms
        перифраз
        Portuguese
        circunlóquio
        Catalan
        circumlocució

        An indirect way of expressing something.

              circunlóquio
              Usage of circumlocution in English
              1
              Pope dislikes a simple term and loves a circumlocution and an abstraction.
              Halleck's New English Literature
              2
              He defined the nature and crime of treason with elaboration and circumlocution.
              The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
              3
              The first is that it uses circumlocution rather than short straight speech.
              On the Art of Writing / Lectures delivered in the University of ...
              4
              So without circumlocution she went and offered to take the sinking child.
              Mary Barton
              5
              All your circumlocution and your fine words are simply an additional insult.
              The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2)
              6
              Ritchie plunged into circumlocution at once, but she very soon stopped him.
              Within the Tides: Tales
              7
              No more circumlocution; no more doubtful playing of the game with this woman.
              The Millionaire Baby
              8
              The Koran resorts to no euphemism or circumlocution in declaring it.
              Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
              9
              The usual techniques of flattery, euphemism, and circumlocution won't work here.
              The sealed letter
              10
              His talk was simple, natural, and direct, never dropping into circumlocution nor elocution.
              Yesterdays with Authors
              11
              There was no needless repetition of tiresome circumlocution in his composition.
              The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
              12
              Let us throw aside circumlocution, and at once give account of the incident.
              Gaspar the Gaucho: A Story of the Gran Chaco
              13
              He had determined to cast prudence and circumlocution to the winds.
              Taken Alive
              14
              The use of a French word saved him a long circumlocution.
              Rashi
              15
              An outburst of frankness often accomplishes more than the politest circumlocution.
              Sophisms of the Protectionists
              16
              I know you well, and I have spoken out without concealment or circumlocution.
              Poor Relations
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              Translations for circumlocution
              Circumlocution through the time
              Circumlocution across language varieties
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