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Circumlocution Sə:Kəmlə'Kju:ʃn Indirect Roundabout Expression Uncecessarily Large Number

Word circumlocution
Pronunciation /,sə:kəmlə'kju:ʃn/
Englısh indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
Russıan иносказание

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