Definitions from Wiktionary (periphrase)
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
▸ verb: (transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To use circumlocution.
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▸ noun: (rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
▸ verb: (transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To use circumlocution.
Similar:
circumlocution,
antiphrasis,
ampliatio,
symploce,
periergia,
palilogy,
epiploce,
parenthesis,
parathesis,
mesodiplosis,
more...
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Types:
Adjectives:
artful,
delicate,
imperfect,
commonplace,
improper,
usual,
scriptural,
tedious,
descriptive,
awkward,
mere
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