periphrasis
noun/pəˈrɪfrəsɪs/
/pəˈrɪfrəsɪs/
[uncountable]- (specialist) the use of an indirect way of speaking or writing
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- (grammar) the use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship, instead of verb endings, etc.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from periphrazein, from peri- ‘around’ + phrazein ‘declare’.
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