1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy;

   "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"
   "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."
   

1. 委婉曲折的, 迂回的：16. chasm :n.深坑, 裂口,分歧, 隔阂 | 17.circumlocutory:委婉曲折的, 迂回的 | 18. circumvent:vt.围绕, 包围, 智取

2. 委婉曲折的：circumlocution 婉转的说法 |circumlocutory 委婉曲折的 | circumlunar 绕月球运动的

3. (行文说话等)委婉曲折的, 迂回的：circumlocution || 婉转曲折的陈述 |circumlocutory || (行文说话等)委婉曲折的, 迂回的 | circumlunar || 绕月球运动的, 月球周围的

4. circumlocutory什么意思

4. 委婉盘曲的, 迂回的：16chasm :n.深坑, 裂口,不合, 隔膜 | 17circumlocutory:委婉盘曲的, 迂回的 | 18circumvent:vt.围绕, 包抄, 智取