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: Pâ Pæ Pè Pé Pœ P- P. P/ P< Pa Pb Pc Pd Pe Pf Ph Pi Pj Pk Pl Pm Pn Po Pp Pr Ps Pt Pu Pv Pw Px Py
peripherally |
peripheric |
peripherical |
periphery |
periphrase |
periphrasis
| periphrastic
| periphrastical
| periphrastically
| periplaneta
| periplaneta americana
periphrasis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun periphrasis has 1 sense
- periphrasis(n = noun.communication) ambage, circumlocution - a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things; Array is a kind of verboseness, verbosity
Derived form adjective periphrastic1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
periphrasis, n. (pl. periphrases)
1 a roundabout way of speaking; circumlocution.
2 a roundabout phrase.
1 a roundabout way of speaking; circumlocution.
2 a roundabout phrase.
Etymology
L f. Gk f. periphrazo (as PERI-, phrazo declare)
ROGET THESAURUS
periphrasis
Diffuseness
N diffuseness, amplification, dilating, verbosity, verbiage, cloud of words, copia verborum, flow of words, looseness, Polylogy, tautology, battology, perissology, pleonasm, exuberance, redundancy, thrice-told tale, prolixity, circumlocution, ambages, periphrase, periphrasis, roundabout phrases, episode, expletive, pennya-lining, richness, diffuse, profuse, wordy, verbose, largiloquent, copious, exuberant, pleonastic, lengthy, longsome, long-winded, longspun, long drawn out, spun out, protracted, prolix, prosing, maundering, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious, roundabout, digressive, discursive, excursive, loose, rambling episodic, flatulent, frothy, diffusely, at large, in extenso, about it and about it.
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