Both Uses of
circumlocution
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Sir," said Madame de Saint-Meran, without using any circumlocution, and as if fearing she had no time to lose, "you wrote to me concerning the marriage of this child?"†
Chpt 71-72 *
- What circumlocution!†
Chpt 83-84
Definition:
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(circumlocution) an unnecessarily wordy (or possibly evasive, or indirect) way of saying something