circumlocution Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
    periphrasis; ambage.
  2. noun an indirect way of expressing something
    indirect expression.

WordNet

Cir`cum*lo*cu"tion noun
Etymology
L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.
Definitions
  1. The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrese.
    the plain Billingagate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift.

Webster 1913