Circumlocution

Circumlocution cir·​cum·​lo·​cu·​tion /ˌsərkəmˌləˈkyo͞oSHən/ Noun

an indirect or roundabout way of expressing something

“There lives no man who at some period has not been tormented, for example, by an earnest desire to tantalize a listener by circumlocution.”

– Edgar Allen Poe (1809 – 1849)