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・ circumgestation
・ circumgyrate
・ circumgyration
・ circumgyratory
・ circumgyre
・ circumincession
・ circumjacence
・ circumjacent
・ circumjovial
・ circumlittoral
circumlocution
・ circumlocutional
・ circumlocutory
・ circummeridian
・ circummure
・ circumnavigable
・ circumnavigate
・ circumnavigation
・ circumnavigator
・ circumnutate


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circumlocution : 英英辞書
Cir°cumlocu"tion
(), 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.
the plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution.
Swift.
Circumlocution office, a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.



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