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Showing words for CIRCUMLOCUTORY using the English dictionary

14 Letter Words for Circumlocutory

circumlocutory

10 Letter Words for Circumlocutory

cyclotomic, locutorium

9 Letter Words for Circumlocutory

cricotomy, cuticolor, mucolytic

8 Letter Words for Circumlocutory

curculio, locutory, occurrit, ouricury, tricolor, urolytic

7 Letter Words for Circumlocutory

colytic, comicry, cooccur, couloir, courtly, crucily, locutor, motoric, mycotic, olitory, roomily, turmoil, utricul

6 Letter Words for Circumlocutory

circum, circut, citrul, clouty, cocuyo, colory, colyum, comity, corcir, corium, coruco, couril, courty, coutil, crotyl, cucuyo, cultic, cumuli, curium, curtly, cururo, cyclic, cymric, licour, lictor, licury, loriot, lotium, lucrum, lucumo, lycium, motory, myotic, myrtol, occult, octoic, octoyl, octroi, octroy, octuor, omotic, ormolu, outcry, riotry, rocroi, roucou, timucu, toluic, toomly, toruli, trimly, trooly, tumuli, turrum, tururi, ultimo

5 Letter Words for Circumlocutory

cloit, cloot, clour, clout, cocci, cocco, colic, color, comic, cooly, coomy, cooty, corol, coryl, court, coyol, crool, crout, croyl, cruor, ctimo, cucuy, culmy, culot, culti, cumic, cumly, cumol, cumyl, curio, curly, curry, cyclo, cymol, cymru, cytol, lirot, locum, loory, loric, lorry, lorum, lotic, lotor, louty, lumut, lurry, lyric, lytic, mccoy, micro, milor, milty, mirly, moity, molto, mooli, mooly, moory, moric, moroc, moror, morro, motor, mouly, mucic, mucor, mucro, mulct, multi, multo, murly, murry, mutic, mycol, occur, octic, octyl, oculi, otium, outly, roily, romic, roomy, rooti, rooty, roric, rorty, rotor, royou, rumly, rumor, rutic, rutyl, ticul, timor, timur, tirol, toric, triol, trior, troco, troic, truly, tucum, tumli, tumor, turco, turio, tyrol, ulmic, utrum, ymolt, yocco, yourt

4 Letter Words for Circumlocutory

circ, cirl, cito, city, clio, clit, clot, clou, cloy, clum, coco, coct, coil, coir, coit, coli, colt, coly, coml, comr, cool, coom, coot, corm, corr, cort, cory, coto, coul, cour, coyo, cric, crim, crit, croc, croy, crum, crut, ctrl, cuir, cuit, culm, cult, curl, curr, curt, cury, cycl, cyul, ilot, itmo, limo, limu, limy, litu, loci, loco, loir, loom, loor, loot, lori, loro, lory, loti, loto, lour, lout, lucy, luit, mico, milo, milt, miro, miry, mity, moco, moil, moio, moir, moit, molt, moly, mooi, mool, moor, moot, moro, mort, motu, moul, mout, moyl, moyo, muil, muir, mult, murl, murr, muti, myrt, oily, olio, omit, oory, orlo, orly, otic, outr, ricy, rimu, rimy, riot, roil, roit, rool, room, root, rort, rory, rotc, roti, rotl, roto, roul, roum, rout, royt, ruly, ruru, ryot, tirl, tirr, toco, toil, tolu, tool, toom, torc, tori, toro, torr, toru, tour, toyo, trim, trio, troy, tulu, turm, turr, tuum, tyro, tyrr, tyum, uily, ulmo, ulto, uric, urim, urol, uroo, util, utum, yilt, yirm, yirr, ymir, your, yurt, yutu

3 Letter Words for Circumlocutory

ccm, cir, cit, cli, clo, clr, cly, cml, col, com, coo, cor, cot, coy, crc, crl, cro, crt, cru, cry, cto, ctr, cul, cum, cur, cut, cyc, cyl, icy, ilo, imo, imu, iou, iyo, lcm, lim, lir, lit, loc, loo, lor, lot, loy, ltm, ltr, lum, luo, lur, lut, lyc, lym, mic, mil, mir, mit, moc, moi, mol, moo, mor, mot, mou, moy, mri, mut, myc, oct, oil, olm, oom, oor, oot, orc, orl, ort, ory, otc, oto, oui, our, out, rct, rim, rio, rit, rly, roc, roi, rom, roo, rot, rti, ruc, rum, rut, tic, til, tim, tiu, tlc, tlo, tlr, toc, toi, tol, tom, too, tor, tou, toy, tri, trm, try, tui, tum, tur, tuy, tyr, uit, ult, ulu, umu, utc, uti, utu, yoi, yom, yor, yot, you, yum

Definitions for Circumlocutory

[1] a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
[2] a roundabout expression.
[3] an indirect way of expressing something
[4] an indirect expression

Words related to Circumlocutory

circumlocutionambiguous, tortuous, oblique, incidental, implied, ancillary, circuitous, backhanded, vague, collateral, roundabout, circular, rambling, meandering, loose, long, lavish, dull, waffling, complicated

Words nearby Circumlocutory

circumlocutioncircumfluous, circumfuse, circumgyration, circumincession, circumjacent, circumlocution, circumlunar, circumnavigate, circumnutate, circumnutation, circumocular

Origin of Circumlocutory

ion1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin circumlocūtiōn- (stem of circumlocūtiō ). See circum-, locution

Other words from Circumlocutory

cir·cum·loc·u·to·ry [sur-kuh m-lok -yuh -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˌsɜr kəmˈlɒk yəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ , cir·cum·lo·cu·tion·al , cir·cum·lo·cu·tion·ar·y , adjective
un·cir·cum·loc·u·to·ry , adjective

Synonyms for Circumlocutory

ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, implied, incidental, oblique, tortuous, collateral, circular, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, long, long way home, long-drawn-out, long-winded, meandering, obscure, out-of-the-way, periphrastic, rambling, secondary, serpentine, sidelong, sinister, sinuous, snaking, sneaking, sneaky, subsidiary, twisting, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag