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单词 circumlocution
释义 circumlocution
n.
  1. a a roundabout expression. b evasive talk.
  2. the use of many words where fewer would do; verbosity.
Derivatives
circumlocutional adj. circumlocutionary adj. circumlocutionist n. circumlocutory adj.
Etymology: ME f. F circumlocution or L circumlocutio (as CIRCUM-, LOCUTION), transl. of Gk PERIPHRASIS
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