• (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.
Cir`cum·lo·cu'tion·al adjective Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous. 
circumlocutional Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous. Verbosity and circumlocution are too often substituted today for clear, direct expression. For example, a Shakespearean play title has appeared as follows: `There is an ongoing viability to the aggregate of human enterprises that attain a terminal configurat...