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aboutspeecha1522

A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution.

circumlocution1533

A phrase or sentence in which circumlocution is used; a roundabout expression.

circumquaque1546

A circumlocution, ‘circumbendibus’.

fetch-abouta1569

With adverb fetch-about: a roundabout phrase, a circumlocution. Cf. to fetch about at fetch, v. phrasal verbs. Obsolete.

roundabout?c1570

An indirect statement or expression; a circumlocution; spec. a euphemism.

periphrasis1579

As a count noun: an example of circumlocution; a roundabout phrase; (Grammar) a phrase of two or more words used to express a grammatical…

compass1623

A roundabout expression, a circumlocution.

circumambages1649

Round-about methods, or modes of speech.

circumbendibus1681

A roundabout process or method; a twist, turn; circumlocution.

roundaboutedness1840

= roundaboutness, n.

roundaboutility1863

= roundaboutness, n.

amphilogism1866

A circumlocution.

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