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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
/ ±èəˈ°ùɪ´Ú°ùÉ™²õɪ²õ /
noun
- a roundabout way of expressing something; circumlocution
- an expression of this kind
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of periphrasis1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of periphrasis1
Example Sentences
Prince Bumpo, the heir to the throne, is a mooncalf who mistakes fairy tales for real life, speaks in Elizabethan periphrasis and murmurs to himself: “If only I were a white prince!â€
This will sometimes require the use of unfamiliar periphrases: the words “music†and “rites†may be given as “the rhythm of life†and “conformity to the ideology.â€
It is very odd—but if you see a remarkably modest-looking woman in Paris, you may be sure, as the periphrasis goes, that "she is no better than she should be."
What hasty words, I wonder, of the rude and haughty admiral were represented by this sonorous periphrasis?
He gradually acquired a reputation as a poet by his epistles, in which things are not called by their ordinary names but are hinted at by elaborate periphrases.
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