Periphrase - definition, pronunciation

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Amer.   American pronunciation of the word periphrase

noun

- (rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.

verb

-  To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
- (intransitive) To use circumlocution.
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