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Adjective Concept
EN
circumlocutious  circumlocutory  periphrastic  ambagious
EN
Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic) WordNet 3.0
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Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic) WordNet 3.0
Roundabout and unnecessarily wordy Open English WordNet
EN
A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings. WordNet 3.0
Had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
(`ambagious' is archaic) Open English WordNet
A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings. - T.S.Eliot Open English WordNet
DERIVATION
circumlocution
circumlocution
SIMILAR
indirect
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious

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