noun🔗ShareA roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea."Instead of directly saying he was late, John used a lot of circumlocution, explaining in detail about traffic, his alarm clock, and his neighbor's dog. "languagecommunicationstylewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA roundabout expression."Instead of saying "I don't like that," he used a circumlocution, explaining in great detail why the idea was not appealing to him. "languagecommunicationwritingwordlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
