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circumlocutionary

adj
/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃənəɹi/UK/ˌsɝːkəmləˈkjuːʃəˌnɛɹi/US

Etymology

From circumlocution + -ary.

Definitions

  1. Articulated in a roundabout manner

    Articulated in a roundabout manner; tautological or with repetitive language.

    • The old man's rambling yarn was circumlocutionary.

  2. Evasive, avoiding difficult questions or key points.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at circumlocutionary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at circumlocutionary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at circumlocutionary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA