periphrasis in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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periphrasis <pl periphrases> [Brit pəˈrɪfrəsɪs, Am pəˈrɪfrəsɪs] N

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circumlocution, periphrasis 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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