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Synonyms for circumlocution
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sur-kuhm-loh-kyoo-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɜr kəm loʊˈkyu ʃən |
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Définition of circumlocution
Origin :- c.1400, from Latin circumlocutionem (nominative circumlocutio) "a speaking around" (the topic), from circum- "around" (see circum-) + locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak" (see locution). A loan-translation of Greek periphrasis (see periphrasis).
- noun indirect speech
- All this is true, but the Circumlocution Office went beyond it.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Sometimes, angry spirits attacked the Circumlocution Office.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The Barnacle family had for some time helped to administer the Circumlocution Office.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I am glad to see you again, and in a healthier place than the Circumlocution Office.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- You are the levers of the Circumlocution Office, and the rulers of men.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- There was not the slightest flavour of the Circumlocution Office about their proceedings.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- How different from the days when Dickens wrote his 'Circumlocution Office'!
- Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
- There is no circumlocution nor ambiguity of expression here.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
- He defined the nature and crime of treason with elaboration and circumlocution.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- Dick of the Syke was not to be beaten for lack of the logic of circumlocution.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
Antonyms for circumlocution
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