circumlocution (n)
periphrasis (n)
ambage (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
Outgoing links
Hypernym verboseness, verbosity
Derivationally related form ambage → ambagious
Derivationally related form periphrasis → periphrastic
Derivationally related form circumlocution → circumlocutious
Incoming links
Derivationally related form ambagious → ambage
Derivationally related form periphrastic → periphrasis
Derivationally related form circumlocutious → circumlocution
Hyponym verboseness, verbosity

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