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periphrasis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Periphrasis  \Pe*riph"ra*sis\,  n.;  pl  {Periphrases}.  [L.] 
  See  {Periphrase}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  periphrasis 
  n  :  a  style  that  involves  indirect  ways  of  expressing  things 
  [syn:  {circumlocution}] 




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