English Explanatory Dictionary

circumlocution office

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any organization that wastes time on bureaucracy to the detriment of its actual business.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of circumlocution office.

Word forms

circumlocution office circumlocution offices

Etymology

Introduced in Charles Dickens' novel Little Dorrit.

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