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pe·riph·ra·sis <pl -ses> [pəˈrɪfrəsɪs] N

periphrasis
Paraphrase f spec

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The role of catenae for the theory of periphrasis is illustrated with the trees that follow.
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I have, on occasion, accused a loquacious colleague of "sesquipedalian periphrasis".
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