Circumlocution

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 * Definition:: ** An over the top or elaborate way of expressing something, using unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.


 * Origin:: Latin **

Definition taken from (wikipedia.com)


 * Examples ** from text:

1) "Miss Henrietta Stralson, or, the Effects of Despiar" by The Marquis de Sade is perfect example of the use of circumlocution. In a scene where Granwel drug Henrietta to bed, but the way de Sade describes it he uses more words than necessary to attribute to what might be going on in Granwel's mind.

"And so saying, he seized her roughly by the arm and dragged her to the pagan altar on which the brute intended to sacrifice her to his desires."

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