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periphrasis (n.)
1530s, from Latin
periphrasis
"circumlocution," from Greek
periphrasis,
from
periphrazein
"speak in a roundabout way," from
peri-
"round about" (see
peri-
) +
phrazein
"to express" (see
phrase
(n.)).
