periphrasisn.

Brit.

/pᵻˈrɪfrəsɪs/, U.S.

/pəˈrɪfrəsəs/

Inflections: Plural periphrases.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin periphrasis.

Etymology: < classical Latin periphrasis circumlocution, periphrasis < Hellenistic Greek περίϕρασις < ancient Greek περι- peri- prefix + ϕράσις phrase n., after Hellenistic Greek περιϕράζειν to express periphrastically.The plural periphrases (sense 2a) is not distinguishable in written form from the plural of periphrase n.

1. Chiefly Rhetoric. A figure of speech in which a meaning is expressed by several words instead of by few or one; a roundabout way of speaking, circumlocution.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution

circumlocution?1518

ambage1532

periphrasis1533

circuition1542

circuit1552

notation1555

compassing1580

periphrase1589

ambush1601

encompassment1604

circumambulation1606

circling1623

perambulationa1652

roundaboutness1810

roundaboutation1812

ambagiosity1819

circumambulating1837

peripherization1926

1533 T. More Apol. , in Wks. ix. 865/1 A fayre fygure,..that is I trowe called periphrasis.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 161 Then haue ye the figure Periphrasis,..as when we go about the bush, and will not in one or a few words expresse that thing which we desire to haue knowen, but do chose rather to do it by many words.

1636 B. Jonson Discov. (Rtldg.) 759/1 It is a fleshy stile when there is much periphrasis, and circuit of words.

1658 T. Burton Diary 2 Feb. (1828) II. 414 You do not express it but by periphrasis and circumlocution.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking xi. 52 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Periphrasis, which the Moderns call the Circumbendibus.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xi. 58 Yorick had no impression but one,..which..he would usually translate into plain English without any periphrasis.

1864 Theol. Rev. Mar. 16 Some name is needful if we would avoid the loose clumsiness of perpetual periphrasis.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xxxii. 60 The plain truth may as well be spoken out without periphrasis.

1967 Brain 90 441 When some avenue of escape, like circumlocution or periphrasis was available the incidence of perseveration at once fell.

1994 Harper's Nov. 32/2 Its mock solemnity and phony periphrasis reflect one of the first major assumptions I made about prose.

a. As a count noun: an example of circumlocution; a roundabout phrase; (Grammar) a phrase of two or more words used to express a grammatical relationship which would otherwise be expressed by the inflection of a single word, e.g. did go in place of went.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > amplification > an amplification or diffuse passage

amplification1567

periphrasis1579

dilatement1593

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > a circumlocution

aboutspeecha1522

circumlocution1533

circumquaque1546

fetch-abouta1569

roundabout?c1570

periphrasis1579

compass1623

circumambages1649

circumbendibus1681

roundaboutedness1840

roundaboutility1863

amphilogism1866

1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 116 Gloss. Stouping Phæbus, is a Periphrasis of the sunne setting.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 9 The Gospel, which by a periphrasis is called the doctrine of Christ.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 250 He that hath complex Ideas without Names for them..is necessitated to use Periphrases.

1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. xiv. 364 The exhortation..is only a Periphrasis for Faith.

1778 H. Walpole Lett. (1858) VII. 143 All periphrases and expletives are so much in disuse.

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. iv. 93 It is to be hoped this new word [sc. ‘oviposit’] may be admitted; as the laying of eggs cannot otherwise be expressed without a periphrasis.

1865 Reader 1 Apr. 365/1 The Laplanders and Tunguy only speak of the bear and the tiger by a periphrasis.

1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-bk. (1921) x. 147 The historian's Macaulayesque periphrases.

1999 Independent 16 Aug. ii. 1/3 He talks at dictation speed and in careful periphrases, as though negotiating a verbal minefield.

†b. figurative. An amplification, a larger expression. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > amplification

dilatationc1386

dilating1532

amplification1553

dilate1595

dilation1623

periphrasis1657

magnificationa1834

enlarging1843

1657 J. Cleveland Poems 12 She, she it is, she that contains all blisse, And makes the world but her Periphrasis.

a1658 R. Lovelace Lucasta (1660) 46 Till he but one new blister is And swells his own periphrasis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	periphrasis
释义	periphrasisn. Brit. /pᵻˈrɪfrəsɪs/, U.S. /pəˈrɪfrəsəs/ Inflections: Plural periphrases. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin periphrasis. Etymology: < classical Latin periphrasis circumlocution, periphrasis < Hellenistic Greek περίϕρασις < ancient Greek περι- peri- prefix + ϕράσις phrase n., after Hellenistic Greek περιϕράζειν to express periphrastically.The plural periphrases (sense 2a) is not distinguishable in written form from the plural of periphrase n. 1. Chiefly Rhetoric. A figure of speech in which a meaning is expressed by several words instead of by few or one; a roundabout way of speaking, circumlocution. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution circumlocution?1518 ambage1532 periphrasis1533 circuition1542 circuit1552 notation1555 compassing1580 periphrase1589 ambush1601 encompassment1604 circumambulation1606 circling1623 perambulationa1652 roundaboutness1810 roundaboutation1812 ambagiosity1819 circumambulating1837 peripherization1926 1533 T. More Apol. , in Wks. ix. 865/1 A fayre fygure,..that is I trowe called periphrasis. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 161 Then haue ye the figure Periphrasis,..as when we go about the bush, and will not in one or a few words expresse that thing which we desire to haue knowen, but do chose rather to do it by many words. 1636 B. Jonson Discov. (Rtldg.) 759/1 It is a fleshy stile when there is much periphrasis, and circuit of words. 1658 T. Burton Diary 2 Feb. (1828) II. 414 You do not express it but by periphrasis and circumlocution. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking xi. 52 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Periphrasis, which the Moderns call the Circumbendibus. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xi. 58 Yorick had no impression but one,..which..he would usually translate into plain English without any periphrasis. 1864 Theol. Rev. Mar. 16 Some name is needful if we would avoid the loose clumsiness of perpetual periphrasis. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xxxii. 60 The plain truth may as well be spoken out without periphrasis. 1967 Brain 90 441 When some avenue of escape, like circumlocution or periphrasis was available the incidence of perseveration at once fell. 1994 Harper's Nov. 32/2 Its mock solemnity and phony periphrasis reflect one of the first major assumptions I made about prose. 2. a. As a count noun: an example of circumlocution; a roundabout phrase; (Grammar) a phrase of two or more words used to express a grammatical relationship which would otherwise be expressed by the inflection of a single word, e.g. did go in place of went. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > amplification > an amplification or diffuse passage amplification1567 periphrasis1579 dilatement1593 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > a circumlocution aboutspeecha1522 circumlocution1533 circumquaque1546 fetch-abouta1569 roundabout?c1570 periphrasis1579 compass1623 circumambages1649 circumbendibus1681 roundaboutedness1840 roundaboutility1863 amphilogism1866 1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 116 Gloss. Stouping Phæbus, is a Periphrasis of the sunne setting. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 9 The Gospel, which by a periphrasis is called the doctrine of Christ. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. x. 250 He that hath complex Ideas without Names for them..is necessitated to use Periphrases. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. xiv. 364 The exhortation..is only a Periphrasis for Faith. 1778 H. Walpole Lett. (1858) VII. 143 All periphrases and expletives are so much in disuse. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. iv. 93 It is to be hoped this new word [sc. ‘oviposit’] may be admitted; as the laying of eggs cannot otherwise be expressed without a periphrasis. 1865 Reader 1 Apr. 365/1 The Laplanders and Tunguy only speak of the bear and the tiger by a periphrasis. 1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-bk. (1921) x. 147 The historian's Macaulayesque periphrases. 1999 Independent 16 Aug. ii. 1/3 He talks at dictation speed and in careful periphrases, as though negotiating a verbal minefield. †b. figurative. An amplification, a larger expression. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > amplification dilatationc1386 dilating1532 amplification1553 dilate1595 dilation1623 periphrasis1657 magnificationa1834 enlarging1843 1657 J. Cleveland Poems 12 She, she it is, she that contains all blisse, And makes the world but her Periphrasis. a1658 R. Lovelace Lucasta (1660) 46 Till he but one new blister is And swells his own periphrasis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1533
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