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- pronunciation:
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fr
sihs
- features:
- Word Parts
part of speech: |
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periphrases |
definition 1: |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution.
A writer uses periphrasis when he refers to pistols as "the instruments of destruction."- similar words:
- circumlocution
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definition 2: |
anything phrased in this way.
- similar words:
- circumlocution
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