English - Turkish
Definition of circumlocution in English Turkish dictionary
- dolaylama
- dolambaçlı yol
- laf kalabalığı
- deyim
- yuvarlak ifade
- dolambaçlı söz
- {i} geçiştirme
- dolambaçlı söz veya deyim
- circumlocutory dolambaclı söz gibi
- {i} asılsız sözcükler kullanma
- {i} kaçamak konuşma
- laf kalabalık
- dolambaçlı yoldan konuşma
- gereksiz kelimeler kullanma
English - English
Definition of circumlocution in English English dictionary
- A roundabout expression
- A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea
- indirect or roundabout expression
- An overly complicated means of expression
- {n} the use of indirect words
- The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase
- an indirect way of expressing something a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- an indirect way of expressing something
- a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- Use of other words to describe a specific word or idea which cannot be remembered
- A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct. the practice of using too many words to express an idea, instead of saying it directly
- speaking around a point rather than getting to it, such as S T Coleridge's "twice five miles of fertile ground" in "Kubla Khan " Also known as periphrasis
- The use of indirect or roundabout language The use of more words than necessary as a means of avoiding a simple direct expression
- the use of indirect language or roundabout expressions; evasion in speech or writing See also: cledonism, periphrasis
- \sir-kum-lo-KYOO-shun\, noun: The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase
- {i} excessive wordiness, verbosity
- circuit
- circumlocutions
- plural of circumlocution
Related Terms
circumlocution
Hyphenation
cir·cum·lo·cu·tionSynonyms
beat around the bush, periphrasis, beating around the bush, circumambages, diffuseness, discursiveness, euphemism, gassiness, indirectness, periphrase, pleonasm, prolixity, roundabout, tautology, verbal evasionPronunciation
Etymology
() From Latin circumlocūtiō (“the act of speaking around; circumlocution, periphrasis”). Surface analysis circum- (“around”) + locution (“talk”); see these for related terms. Probably a calque of Ancient Greek περίφρασις (periphrasis, “periphrasis”).Resimler
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