Any one, who looks up the term circumlocution in linguistic and
rhetorical dictionaries, will always find that the meanings of this term are as follows: slyness, deception , lying or fallacy
If we closely examine the quotations and poems relating t
o deception,
we will reject that this term relate to the clarity, cohesiveness and
unpretentious with which Arabs are acquainted.
This research aims to study circumlocution in order to find out its flaws
and to refute the opinions of rhetoricians through reading quotations
deliberately .The number of quotations can be easily counted. Most of
those quotations do not coincide with the definition of circumlocution
while some are fabricated. Therefore, this research stresses the
importance to exclude the term circumlocution from the Arabic
rhetorical types which manifest in the wonderful aspects of the Holy
Quran. The quotations of circumlocution will be considered as examples of spontaneous intuition or sort of improvisation.
This research explains that the Arab rhetoric and fluency, the beauty of
their styles and the logical thinking contradict with the meaning of the
term circumlocution.
