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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'periphrase' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions periphrase noun (plural: periphrases) (rhetorical): The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution. To describe by enigmatic periphrases. -De Quincey. verb (periphras, ing) (transitive): To express by periphrase or circumlocution. (intransitive): To use circumlocution. Etymology: periphrasis, , from to think about, to be expressed periphrastically; + to speak: confer périphrase. See phrase.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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