Vocabulary Word
Word: circumlocution
Definition: indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
Definition: indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
Sentences Containing 'circumlocution'
``Sir,''said Madame de Saint Meran, without using any circumlocution, and as if fearing she had no time to lose,``you wrote to me concerning the marriage of this child?''
A like ambiguity and circumlocution seem to run through that philosopher's reasonings on this as well as most other subjects.
More Vocab Words
::: slipshod - slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work::: tantrum - fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; caprice; Ex. The child went into tantrums.
::: dislodge - remove (forcibly); force out of a position; Ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; CF. lodge
::: meddlesome - interfering; V. meddle: interfere
::: encircle - surround
::: purveyor - furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide
::: prescience - ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient
::: neophyte - recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; CF. plant
::: solicitor - lawyer in the lower court of law
::: succumb - yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness
