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Definition of periphrase:
(n) :
(rhetorical): The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution
"to describe by enigmatic periphrases. -De Quincey."
(v) :
to express by periphrase or circumlocution; to use circumlocution
Definition of periphrase:
(n) :
(rhetorical): The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution
"to describe by enigmatic periphrases. -De Quincey."
(v) :
to express by periphrase or circumlocution; to use circumlocution
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