(adj) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; ; -T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic), Syn.ambagious, periphrastic, circumlocutory, Example: had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression; A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion, / Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.
n. [ L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See Loquacious. ] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase. [ 1913 Webster ]
the plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Circumlocution office, a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials. [ 1913 Webster ]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
