circonlocuzione — meaning in English
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English meaning
- circumstance noun A fact or condition connected to an event, which affects how it happens or is understood.
Senses
circonlocuzione is used for these senses in English:
- circumbendibus (often, humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
- circumlocution (countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
- circumstance (archaic) Evasive or indirect language; circumlocution.