A circumlocution, ‘circumbendibus’.

The action of leading round or about; a roundabout or circuitous course. ? Obsolete.

Walking round or about; figurative beating about the bush, indirect process.

Circuitous quality; roundabout process.

The quality of being indirect; want of directness or straightforwardness.

figurative. An indirect means, method, or manner. Chiefly in by a side wind.

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

Indirectness of language or writing; circumlocution; (also) verbosity.

The quality or fact of being circumlocutory; (verbose) indirectness or obscurity of language.

Circuitous quality, manner, or way.