Associations to the word «Circumlocution»

Wiktionary

CIRCUMLOCUTION, noun. A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
CIRCUMLOCUTION, noun. A roundabout expression.

Dictionary definition

CIRCUMLOCUTION, noun. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
CIRCUMLOCUTION, noun. An indirect way of expressing something.

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad