PERIPHRASE

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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.

2.
v.

To express by periphrase or circumlocution.

3.
v.

To use circumlocution.

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