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Jan. 14, 2015

periphrasis \puh-RIF-ruh-sis\ noun 1. the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution. 2. an expression phrased in such fashion. Quotes He had a cunning mastery of periphrasis, and a telling command of adverbs. -- P. G. Wodehouse, Not George Washington, 1907 Origin Periphrasis comes from the Greek word períphrasis from the prefix peri- meaning "around" and phrazein meaning "to declare."

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