circumlocutious

英 ['sɜːkəmlə'kjuːʃɪəs] 美 ['sɜːkəmlə'kjuːʃɪəs]

• adj. 迂回的；冗长的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. 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."
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• ambagious 迂远的
• circumlocutory 委婉曲折的
• periphrastic 迂回曲折的