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Definition
noun (English)
1. (rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.Examples: "1821, Thomas De Quincey, John Paul Frederick Richter (published in London Magazine To describe all those on whom the fates of Troy hinged , by enigmatic periphrases"; "He held up the condition of the Church in the terrible mirror of his unflinching speech, which called things by their right names and dealt in no polite periphrases[…]"Synonyms: periphrasiscountablerhetoricuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution.transitive
2. (intransitive) To use circumlocution.intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary