Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, kenning, [dubious – discuss] or ambage [citation needed]) is the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.It is sometimes necessary in communication (for example, to work around lexical gaps that might otherwise lead to untranslatability), but it can also be undesirable (when an …

Elliptical definition, pertaining to or having the form of an ellipse. See more.

Synonyms for unsure include doubtful, dubious, suspicious, distrustful, mistrustful, sceptical, skeptical, hesitant, agnostic and hinky. Find more similar words at ...

Feb 01, 2018 · The patient’s verbal messages become progressively more circumlocutory and empty, as fine-grained content (less frequently used vocabulary, such as ‘dachshund’ or ‘ladybird’) is replaced by increasingly generic ciphers (‘animal’, ‘thing’). Blunting of verbal nuance in svPPA may predate diagnosis by many years . The true nature ...

An innocuous, inoffensive or circumlocutory term or phrase for something unpleasant or obscene. E.g., in advertising for female hygiene products any liquid shown is never red, it's usually blue. Evidence. In rhetoric, facts or testimony used to strengthen a claim. Exclamatio.

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Here is the first half of the English to Simple English dictionary: lisp=mit der Zunge anstoßen A-bomb=atomic bomb, U-235 → E; ASCII = A=41, J=4A, K=4B,...

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