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periphrasis

[ puh-rif-ruh-sis ]

noun

plural periphrases
  1. the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
  2. an expression phrased in such fashion.


periphrasis

/ ±èəˈ°ùɪ´Ú°ùÉ™²õɪ²õ /

noun

  1. a roundabout way of expressing something; circumlocution
  2. an expression of this kind
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of periphrasis1

1525–35; < Latin < Greek ±è±ð°ùí±è³ó°ù²¹²õ¾±²õ. See peri-, phrase, -sis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of periphrasis1

C16: via Latin from Greek, from peri- + phrazein to declare
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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€

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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€

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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."

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What hasty words, I wonder, of the rude and haughty admiral were represented by this sonorous periphrasis?

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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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