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Extended use of language and excessive and immoderate verbosity or circumlocution perhaps is misjudged when involved with separate touches of irony and rodomontade (11)

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periphrasis

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'rodomontade' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
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(Another definition for periphrasis that I've seen is " Circumlocutory speech".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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