> no amount of planning that would have circumlocuted the problem. You mean "circumvent". Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphras

> no amount of planning that would have circumlocuted the problem. You mean "circumvent". Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, or ambage) is locution that circles around a specific idea with multiple words rather than directly evoking it with fewer and apter words.