† aboutspeechn.

Forms: pre-1700 aboutspech.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: about adv., speech n.¹

Etymology: < about adv. + speech n.¹, after classical Latin circumlocūtiō circumlocution n.

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution.

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

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. i. Prol. 387 Richt so by aboutspech oftyn tymys And semabill wordis we compile our rymys.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	aboutspeech
释义	† aboutspeechn. Forms: pre-1700 aboutspech. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: about adv., speech n.¹ Etymology: < about adv. + speech n.¹, after classical Latin circumlocūtiō circumlocution n. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. A roundabout phrase, a circumlocution. 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 a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. i. Prol. 387 Richt so by aboutspech oftyn tymys And semabill wordis we compile our rymys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1522
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