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circumlocutory

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14 lettersPronunciation /sɜː.kəm.ləʊˈkjuː.tə.ɹi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cccilmoorrtuuyStarts with CEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

Word origin

From circumlocution + -ory; compare Medieval Latin circumlocūtōrius from Classical Latin circumlocūtiō.

Used in a sentence

  • Another common type of error is a circumlocutory error, when the patient describes the item in several words (e.g., describing a beaver as "an animal that eats trees").

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