Canadian English Meaning of periphrasis
periphrasis
Other Canadian English words related to periphrasis
- circumlocution
- diffuseness
- diffusion
- Garrulity
- Garrulousness
- logorrhea
- prolixity
- repetitiveness
- Verbalism
- verbosity
- windiness
- wordage
- Verbosity
- Circularity
- Long-windedness
- redundancy
- repetitiveness
- tautology
- Verbiage
- verbosity
- Circuitousness
- digression
- embellishment
- embroidering
- exaggeration
- hyperbole
- overstatement
- Pleonasm
- reiteration
Nearest Words of periphrasis
- periphrastic => periphrastic
- periphrastical => periphrastic
- periphrastically => periphrastically
- periplaneta => cockroach
- periplaneta americana => American cockroach
- periplaneta australasiae => Australian cockroach
- periplast => Periplast
- periploca => Periploca
- periploca graeca => Greek silk vine
- peripneumonia => pneumonia
Definitions and Meaning of periphrasis in English
periphrasis (n)
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis (n.)
See Periphrase.
FAQs About the word periphrasis
periphrasis
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing thingsSee Periphrase.
circumlocution ,diffuseness,diffusion,Garrulity,Garrulousness,logorrhea,prolixity,,repetitiveness,Verbalism
brevity,compactness,Conciseness,conciseness,Crispness,succinctness,Conciseness,brevity,conciseness
periphrasing => Paraphrasing, periphrases => periphrases, periphrased => Paraphrased, periphrase => periphrasis, periphery => periphery,
