单词 | circumlocute |
释义 | circumlocutev.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > express by periphrasis circumlocute1530 periphrase1624 circumlocutionize1822 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 33 Verbes passyves be circumlocuted thorowe all theyr modes. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 51 The preter perfect temps..in the frenche tonge is circumloquuted by these verbes ay and suis. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 192 But one worde, whiche the frenche tong circumlocuteth with thre or four wordes. b. intransitive. To use circumlocution. (humorous.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > be copious [verb (intransitive)] > use periphrasis to beat (formerly also go, wend, seek) about the bushc1440 wind1528 periphrase1652 to go about1815 circumlocute1859 circumlocutionize1886 to go (all) round the houses1958 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. xiv. 390 I went to her and began to circumlocute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1530 |
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