periphrase
periphrase is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 37 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
- 3.To use circumlocution.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arrange
- call
- card
- circumlocution
- clothe
- couch
- denominate
- designate
- dub
- express
- expression
- figure
- find
- give
- good
- idiom
- idiomatic
- idiotism
- into
- motto
- paragraph
- paraphrase
- phrase
- phraseology
- proverb
- put
- round
- sentence
- set
- speak
- speech
- style
- synonym
- the
- turn
- voice
- word
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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