ADJETIVO | all | perifrástico | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy |
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Sentido | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; ('ambagious' is archaic). | |
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General | indirecto | Extended senses |
Inglés | circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious | |
Catalán | perifràstic | |
Nombres | ambage, circunlocución, perífrasis | A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things |
circunlocución, circunloquio | An indirect way of expressing something |
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