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circumlocution
c.1510, from L.
circumlocutionem
(a loan-translation of Gk.
periphrasis
) "speaking around" (the topic), from
circum-
"around" +
locutionem
(nom.
locutio
) "a speaking," from stem of
loqui
"to speak."
