circumlocution

Etymology
From. , thus "getting around (a problem) in speaking or writing". Probably a calque of.

Noun

 * 1)  A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus:
 * 2)  Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
 * 3)  Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a, either monolingually or in translation.
 * 4)  An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
 * 1)  An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
 * 1)  An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
 * 1)  An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: giro di parole,
 * Persian:, درازگویی
 * Portuguese: circunlocução,
 * Spanish: circunlocución,, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: giải ngữ, ngữ giải thích


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: circumlocūtiō
 * Portuguese: circunlocução,
 * Spanish: circunlocución
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: giải ngữ, ngữ giải thích
 * Welsh: cylchymadrodd