circumlocutory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

/sɜː.kəm.ləʊˈkjuː.tə.ɹi/ /sɝ.kəm.loʊˈkjuː.tɚ.i/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-circumlocutory.wav

circumlocutory more circumlocutory most circumlocutory

From circumlocution + -ory; compare Medieval Latin circumlocūtōrius from Classical Latin circumlocūtiō.

periphrastic verbose circumlocuitous circumlocutious circumlocutional circumlocutionary

circumlocutorily

uncircumlocutory

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