circumlocutory
adj/sɜː.kəm.ləʊˈkjuː.tə.ɹi/UK/sɝ.kəm.loʊˈkjuː.tɚ.i/US
Etymology
From circumlocution + -ory; compare Medieval Latin circumlocūtōrius from Classical Latin circumlocūtiō.
- derived from circumlocūtōrius
Definitions
Characterised by circumlocution
Characterised by circumlocution; overly wordy
- Another common type of error is a circumlocutory error, when the patient describes the item in several words (e.g., describing a beaver as "an animal that eats trees").
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for circumlocutory. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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