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