roundaboutationn.
/ˌraʊndəbaʊˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌraʊndəˌbaʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ Now archaic.
Speaking in a roundabout or indirect way; circumlocution.
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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
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 108 To finish my tale without roundaboutation.
1861 Literary Churchman 1 Feb. 50 But one page would have sufficed to make this clear, without the everlasting roundaboutation in which Germans love to indulge.
1989 K. Robards Tiger's Eye 26 Suppose you tell me..without further roundaboutation.
2007 S. MacKenzie Naked Earl xviii. 284 I can see no benefit in roundaboutation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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