circumlocutory

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /sɜː.kəm.ləʊˈkjuː.tə.ɹi/    美 /sɝ.kəm.loʊˈkjuː.tɚ.i/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characterised by circumlocution; overly wordy
    — 1727, Jonathan Swift (attributed), Martinus Scriblerus, or the Art of Sinking In Poetry Periphrase is another great aid to prolixity; being a diffused circumlocutory manner of expressing a known idea, which should be so mysteriously couched, as to give the reader the pleasure of guessing what it is, that the author can possibly mean; and a strange surprise, when he finds it.

词形变化

more circumlocutory comparative most circumlocutory superlative

词源

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