Roundaboutation (noun) (archaic)
roun-dab-owt-ay-shun
Speaking in a roundabout or indirect way; circumlocution.
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Horatio Smith (1779–1849), writer and humorist. From roundabout + -ation.
Example sentences
“His speech, just a form of roundaboutations with no real sense.”
