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circumlocutious

circumlocutious adjective: circumlocutional.

Adjective

circumlocutious (comparative more circumlocutious, superlative most circumlocutious)

  1. circumlocutional
    • I do not shy from the essentially materialistic, often hypocritical aspects of the executive-headhunting profession, but I want to make clear that as much as we corporate consultants initiate circumlocutious arcanities and the simulacra of expertise rather than its substance, we are forced into so...1973, Allan J. Cox, Confessions of a Corporate Headhunter, New York, N.Y.: Trident Press, →ISBN, pages 25–26

Forms of circumlocutious

comparativemore circumlocutious
superlativemost circumlocutious

Questions about circumlocutious

What does circumlocutious mean?
Circumlocutious means circumlocutional.
What part of speech is circumlocutious?
Circumlocutious is an adjective.

Words near circumlocutious in the dictionary

  1. circumlocutionary
  2. circumlocutionist
  3. circumlocutionists
  4. circumlocutionize
  5. circumlocutions
  6. circumlocutious
  7. circumlocutive
  8. circumlocutorily
  9. circumlocutory
  10. circumlocutous
  11. circumlucid

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