Periphrase

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  • n. The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
  • v. To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
  • v. To use circumlocution.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
  • v. To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
  • verb-intransitive. To use circumlocution.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as periphrasis.
  • To express by periphrasis or circumlocution.
  • To use circumlocution.
    • Word Usage
    "It is to be noted that the age of periphrase in verse was the age of crudities in prose."
    Form
    periphrased    periphrasing    periphrasic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    circumlocution    periphrasis   
     
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