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periphrasis
[ puh-rif-ruh-sis ]
noun
- the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
- an expression phrased in such fashion.
periphrasis
/ pəˈrɪfrəsɪs /
noun
- a roundabout way of expressing something; circumlocution
- an expression of this kind
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Origin of periphrasis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of periphrasis1
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Example Sentences
In Modern French the pronominal inversion (the substantive being prefixed) or a verbal periphrasis must be used—Saul est-il?
Periphras′tic, -al, containing or expressed by periphrasis or circumlocution.
Be it remarked that this periphrasis indicated his mother; and that the bread he alluded to is made with a species of leaven.
"Prop of sea-waves' fire," a periphrasis for a woman that bears gold on her arm.
"He that hoardeth ocean's fire," a periphrasis for man, Hauskuld of Whiteness.
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