What is a roundabout procedure; a circumlocution. He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. Beaconsfield called?
circumvolution — A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution. He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. Beaconsfield. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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