Word:
Circumlocution
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
The use of many words to say something that could be said more clearly and directly by using fewer words
Sentences:
1) He was critisized for his use of circumlocution in his speech.
2) I'm trying to avoid circumlocutions in my writing.
Origin:
From Latin locutio which means 'speech' or from loqui which means to 'speak'.
First use:
15th century
Synonyms:
equivocation, shuffle, tergiversation, ambage, periphrasis, prolixity, verbiage, redundance, tautology, verbosity, pleonasm, tediousness, wordiness
Antonyms:
brevity, compression, condensation, plainness, succinctness, compactness, conciseness, directness, shortness, terseness
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