Definition of circumlocutious Circumlocutious
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What does circumlocutious mean?
WordNet
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| circumlocutious - roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic) | ||
| circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious | ||
| indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- circumlocutious (Adjective)
circumlocutional.
