PERIPHRASE
\pəɹˈɪfɹe͡ɪz], \pəɹˈɪfɹeɪz], \p_ə_ɹ_ˈɪ_f_ɹ_eɪ_z]\
Definitions of PERIPHRASE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
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To use circumlocution.
By Oddity Software
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The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
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To use circumlocution.
By Noah Webster.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
