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circumlocutory

adjective /sɜrkəmlɑkjətoʊri/ 6 syllables 14 letters Scrabble 25 WWF 31
Definitions
adjective

roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

“had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression”

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