periphrasis in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for periphrasis in the English»Spanish Dictionary

periphrasis <pl periphrases [-rəsiːz]> [Am pəˈrɪfrəsɪs, Brit pəˈrɪfrəsɪs] N C or U

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I have, on occasion, accused a loquacious colleague of "sesquipedalian periphrasis".

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The role of catenae for the theory of periphrasis is illustrated with the trees that follow.

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