1. (n.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
2. (v. t.) To express by paraphrase or circumlocution.
3. (v. i.) To use circumlocution.
Thesaurus Entries
anfractuosity, bypass, circuit, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, convolution, crinkle, crinkling, detour, deviation, deviousness, digression, excursion, flexuosity, flexuousness, indirection, intorsion, involution, meander, meandering, obliqueness, periphrase, periphrasis, rivulation, roundabout, roundabout way, roundaboutness, sinuation, sinuosity, sinuousness, slinkiness, snakiness, torsion, tortility, tortuosity, tortuousness, turning, twisting, undulation, wave, waving, winding
