c 3 i 1 r 1 c 3 u 1 m 3 l 1 o 1 c 3 u 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
14 letters · 22 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
noun an indirect way of expressing something
originFrom Latin circumlocūtiō (“the act of speaking around; circumlocution, periphrasis”). By surface analysis, circum- (“around”) + locution (“talk”), thus "getting around (a problem) in speaking or writing". Probably a calque of Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis, “periphrasis”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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