amphilogismn.
rare.
A circumlocution.
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aboutspeecha1522
circumlocution1533
circumquaque1546
fetch-abouta1569
roundabout?c1570
periphrasis1579
compass1623
circumambages1649
circumbendibus1681
roundaboutedness1840
roundaboutility1863
amphilogism1866
1866 Morning Star 18 Dec. 4/6 A youth this who..when he is angry says, with no amphilogisms, ‘I will shoot you.’
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