HyperDic: periphrasis

English > 1 sense of the word periphrasis:
NOUNcommunicationperiphrasis, circumlocution, ambagea style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
English > periphrasis: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
Synonymscircumlocution, ambage
Broaderverboseness, verbosityAn expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
Spanishambage, circunlocución, perífrasis
Catalancircumlocució, circumloqui, perífrasi, perífrasis
Adjectivesperiphrasticroundabout and unnecessarily wordy

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