circumlocution

• n. 複雑な文、面倒な文；世捨て人

circum-、円、周囲、-loc、言う、locution、colloquyを参照。

circumlocution (n.)

c. 1400, from Latin circumlocutionem (nominative circumlocutio) "a speaking around" (the topic), from circum- "around" (see circum-) + locutionem (nominative locutio) "a speaking," noun of action from past participle stem of loqui "to speak" (see locution). A loan-translation of Greek periphrasis (see periphrasis).

1. " The wife of your father's brother " is a circumlocution for " your aunt ".

「あなたのお父さんの兄弟の妻」は「あなたの叔母さん」の足手まといの言い方です.

2.He is a master at circumlocution .

彼の話は回りくどい。

3.It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution .

いつもあなたが最も率直な答えを求めているとき、グリーンフィールドは18回曲がる。

4.This sort of ritual circumlocution is common to many parts of mathematics.

このような冗長な逃げ口上は、数学の多くの部分分式によく見られる。