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Noun(1) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things(2) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things [also: periphrases (pl)]

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(1) a rather pompous periphrasis(2) This isn't what u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510ineffableu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb means: she's using it as a fancy periphrasis for u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510unspeakableu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb, but its orientation is exactly the opposite.(3) Such recondite periphrasis brought its own reward.(4) Can one be an avid fan of a book - or is this lazy-minded periphrasis for u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510favouriteu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb?(5) When Johnson refers to his mind as u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Summusu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u252cu00ac celsa dominator [in] arce u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb, the elaborate periphrasis mockingly dramatizes the blustery u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510empty forceu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb of his mind's pretensions.(6) The parodic cupid's dart is described with the maximum of periphrasis compatible with not actually disguising what the organ is, u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510a piece of flesh, the characteristic part of a barrow-pigu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.(7) In order to refer to the activity denoted by the F-word, it is necessary to engage in circumlocution or periphrasis .(8) Her dread is so great that at the end of her progress she does not even allow his name to pass her lips and uses periphrases to talk of him.(9) His deliberate translationese, his consciously awkward periphrases , and yes, his fart jokes suggest that all language, or all poetry, might be as artificial and arbitrary as his own: why not redo u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510Where are the snows of yesteryear?u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb(10) Homeric glosses, along with scholarly neologisms and obscure periphrases , are prominent in his poetry.(11) We intentional animals keep falling into the trap of mistaking the periphrases for the facts.
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Noun
1. ambage
2. circumlocution


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