circumlocutionn.

/ˌsəːkəmləʊˈkjuːʃən/

Forms: Also 1500s -locucion, -loqution, 1500s–1600s -loquution.

Etymology: < French circonlocution, or < Latin circumlocūtiōn-em , < circum- prefix + loqui to speak.

a. Speaking in a roundabout or indirect way; the use of several words instead of one, or many instead of few. Formerly used of grammatical periphrasis; but now only of rhetorical. Circumlocution Office: a satirical name applied, by Dickens, to Government Offices, on account of the circuitous formality by which they delay the giving of information, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution

circumlocution?1518

ambage1532

periphrasis1533

circuition1542

circuit1552

notation1555

compassing1580

periphrase1589

ambush1601

encompassment1604

circumambulation1606

circling1623

perambulationa1652

roundaboutness1810

roundaboutation1812

ambagiosity1819

circumambulating1837

peripherization1926

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Gvi^v Whan thou must in speche, touche..Such matters vnclenly, vse circumlocucion.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 112 Where we use circumlocution, the frenchemen have one onely worde.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 93 b Circumlocution is a large description either to sette forth a thyng more gorgeouslie, or else to hyde it.

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. N3, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) When by circumlocution [1607 circumloquution] any thing is expressed, as when we say, the Prince of Peripaticks, for Aristotle.

1626 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Circumlocution, A speaking of many words when few may suffice: a long circumstance.

1713 J. Addison Trial of Ct. Tariff He affirms everything roundly without any art or circumlocution.

1823 W. Scott Peveril I. xi. 300 After much circumlocution, and many efforts to give an air of importance to what he had to communicate.

1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. x. 75 The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under government.

1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. x. 75 Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving—How not to do it.

b. A phrase or sentence in which circumlocution is used; a roundabout expression.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > a circumlocution

aboutspeecha1522

circumlocution1533

circumquaque1546

fetch-abouta1569

roundabout?c1570

periphrasis1579

compass1623

circumambages1649

circumbendibus1681

roundaboutedness1840

roundaboutility1863

amphilogism1866

1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde 42 Going about the bush with this exposition and circumlocution.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Norf. 251 In his pleadings..he declined all Circumlocutions.

1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ iii. 176 The courtly circumlocution by which Mr. Burke designs the Bastile—the King's castle at Paris.

1854 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 417 Courtesies and Circumlocutions are out of place, where the morals, health, lives of thousands are at stake.

Derivatives

circumloˈcutional adj. pertaining to, or given to, circumlocution.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory

ambagious?1532

periphrasticala1638

circumlatory1639

ambagical1652

ambitious1656

circumlocutory1659

roundabout1704

periphrastic1776

ambagitory1814

circumambagious1834

ambaginous1838

circumambulatory1842

circumlocutionary1863

circumlocutional1865

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. Postscr. 308 I have found Circumlocutional champions disposed to be warm with me.

circumloˈcutionary adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory

ambagious?1532

periphrasticala1638

circumlatory1639

ambagical1652

ambitious1656

circumlocutory1659

roundabout1704

periphrastic1776

ambagitory1814

circumambagious1834

ambaginous1838

circumambulatory1842

circumlocutionary1863

circumlocutional1865

1863 Scotsman 16 Apr. An immense exercise of circumlocutionary skill.

1877 D. M. Wallace Russia xxx. 500 The flowery circumlocutionary style of an Oriental scribe.

circumloˈcutionist n. one who employs circumlocution.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > one who

circumlocutionist1846

periphrast1886

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Circumlocutionist.

1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxxiv. 301 This able Circumlocutionist.

circumloˈcutious adj. given to circumlocution.

circumloˈcutiousness n.

ΚΠ

1827 R. Hill in E. Sidney Life R. Hill (1834) 213 O the dulness, the circumlocutiousness, the conceit, the tautology.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	circumlocution
释义	circumlocutionn. /ˌsəːkəmləʊˈkjuːʃən/ Forms: Also 1500s -locucion, -loqution, 1500s–1600s -loquution. Etymology: < French circonlocution, or < Latin circumlocūtiōn-em , < circum- prefix + loqui to speak. a. Speaking in a roundabout or indirect way; the use of several words instead of one, or many instead of few. Formerly used of grammatical periphrasis; but now only of rhetorical. Circumlocution Office: a satirical name applied, by Dickens, to Government Offices, on account of the circuitous formality by which they delay the giving of information, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution circumlocution?1518 ambage1532 periphrasis1533 circuition1542 circuit1552 notation1555 compassing1580 periphrase1589 ambush1601 encompassment1604 circumambulation1606 circling1623 perambulationa1652 roundaboutness1810 roundaboutation1812 ambagiosity1819 circumambulating1837 peripherization1926 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Gvi^v Whan thou must in speche, touche..Such matters vnclenly, vse circumlocucion. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 112 Where we use circumlocution, the frenchemen have one onely worde. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 93 b Circumlocution is a large description either to sette forth a thyng more gorgeouslie, or else to hyde it. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. N3, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) When by circumlocution [1607 circumloquution] any thing is expressed, as when we say, the Prince of Peripaticks, for Aristotle. 1626 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Circumlocution, A speaking of many words when few may suffice: a long circumstance. 1713 J. Addison Trial of Ct. Tariff He affirms everything roundly without any art or circumlocution. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. xi. 300 After much circumlocution, and many efforts to give an air of importance to what he had to communicate. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. x. 75 The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under government. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. x. 75 Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving—How not to do it. b. A phrase or sentence in which circumlocution is used; a roundabout expression. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > a circumlocution aboutspeecha1522 circumlocution1533 circumquaque1546 fetch-abouta1569 roundabout?c1570 periphrasis1579 compass1623 circumambages1649 circumbendibus1681 roundaboutedness1840 roundaboutility1863 amphilogism1866 1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde 42 Going about the bush with this exposition and circumlocution. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Norf. 251 In his pleadings..he declined all Circumlocutions. 1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ iii. 176 The courtly circumlocution by which Mr. Burke designs the Bastile—the King's castle at Paris. 1854 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 417 Courtesies and Circumlocutions are out of place, where the morals, health, lives of thousands are at stake. Derivatives circumloˈcutional adj. pertaining to, or given to, circumlocution. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory ambagious?1532 periphrasticala1638 circumlatory1639 ambagical1652 ambitious1656 circumlocutory1659 roundabout1704 periphrastic1776 ambagitory1814 circumambagious1834 ambaginous1838 circumambulatory1842 circumlocutionary1863 circumlocutional1865 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. Postscr. 308 I have found Circumlocutional champions disposed to be warm with me. circumloˈcutionary adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory ambagious?1532 periphrasticala1638 circumlatory1639 ambagical1652 ambitious1656 circumlocutory1659 roundabout1704 periphrastic1776 ambagitory1814 circumambagious1834 ambaginous1838 circumambulatory1842 circumlocutionary1863 circumlocutional1865 1863 Scotsman 16 Apr. An immense exercise of circumlocutionary skill. 1877 D. M. Wallace Russia xxx. 500 The flowery circumlocutionary style of an Oriental scribe. circumloˈcutionist n. one who employs circumlocution. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > one who circumlocutionist1846 periphrast1886 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Circumlocutionist. 1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxxiv. 301 This able Circumlocutionist. circumloˈcutious adj. given to circumlocution. circumloˈcutiousness n. ΚΠ 1827 R. Hill in E. Sidney Life R. Hill (1834) 213 O the dulness, the circumlocutiousness, the conceit, the tautology. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.?1518
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