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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -circumlocutions-, *circumlocutions*, circumlocution
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
circumlocutions
circumlocution

English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
circumlocution(n) การอ้อมไปอ้อมมา, See also: การไม่พูดตรงๆ, Syn. periphrasis

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
circumlocutionn. การพูดอ้อมค้อม, การพูดซ้ำซาก, See also: circumlocutory adj. ดูcircumlocution circumlocutionist n. ดูcircumlocution

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
circumlocution(n) การพูดน้ำท่วมทุ่ง, การพูดวกวน

อังกฤษ-ไทย: ศัพท์บัญญัติราชบัณฑิตยสถาน [เชื่อมโยงจาก orst.go.th แบบอัตโนมัติและผ่านการปรับแก้]
circumlocutionสำนวนน้ำท่วมทุ่ง [วรรณกรรม ๖ มี.ค. ๒๕๔๕]

Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0
วกไปเวียนมา[wok pai wīen mā] (v, exp) EN: meander ; use circumlocution ; ramble on
วกเวียนไปมา[wokwīen pai mā] (v, exp) EN: meander ; use circumlocution ; ramble on

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
circumlocution
circumlocutions

WordNet (3.0)
circumlocution(n) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things, Syn. periphrasis, ambage
circumlocution(n) an indirect way of expressing something, Syn. indirect expression

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Circumlocution

n. [ L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See Loquacious. ] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

the plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]


Circumlocution office, a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Circumlocutional

a. Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Umschreibung { f }circumlocution [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
婉曲[えんきょく, enkyoku] (adj-na, n) euphemistic; circumlocution; roundabout; indirect; (P) [Add to Longdo]
婉曲法[えんきょくほう, enkyokuhou] (n) euphemism; periphrasis; circumlocution [Add to Longdo]

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