circumlocutory
UKsəːkəmlɔkjutəriː
معنی فارسی
زائد زيادي داراي سخن زائد داراي حشو وزوائد فراوان وافر
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'circumlocutio' (a speaking around), from 'circum' (around) + 'loqui' (to speak).
مثال
- The professor's circumlocutory explanations made the lecture longer than necessary.
- Her circumlocutory writing style lacked clarity and precision.
- The politician's circumlocutory speech failed to address the main issues.
ترکیبهای رایج
Use circumlocutory language Employ circumlocutory tactics Be circumlocutory in speech
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- roundabout and unnecessarily wordy “had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression” “A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot”
مترادفها
adjective
Periphrastical, periphrastic, roundabout, indirect, involved, diffuse.