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Noun: periphrasis (periphrases)  pu'rif-ru-sis
  1. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
    - circumlocution, ambage [archaic]

Derived forms: periphrases

See also: periphrastic

Type of: verboseness, verbosity

Encyclopedia: Periphrasis

Nearest

peripatus
peripeteia
peripetia
peripety
peripheral
peripheral device
peripheral nervous system
peripheral vision
peripherally
periphery
periphrasis
periphrastic
periphrastically
Periplaneta
Periplaneta americana
Periplaneta australasiae
periplasm
periplasmic space
Periploca
Periploca graeca
peripteral