periphrastn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛrɪfrast/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrəˌfræst/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peri- prefix, paraphrast n.

Etymology: Apparently < peri- prefix + -phrast (in paraphrast n.), after periphrastic adj. Compare post-classical Latin periphrastes (c1100 in an apparently isolated attestation).

A person who uses periphrasis.

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

circumlocutionist1846

periphrast1886

1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. iii. 75 Edward Fitzgerald, the translator or periphrast of Omar Kayyam.

1926 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 41 760 Like the elegant periphrasts of the eighteenth century, he never calls a spade a spade.

1996 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Dec. vii. 4/4 There is scarcely a line in Pushkin's masterpiece that can be matched by the confections, however felicitous, of the periphrast.

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

单词	periphrast
释义	periphrastn. Brit. /ˈpɛrɪfrast/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌfræst/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peri- prefix, paraphrast n. Etymology: Apparently < peri- prefix + -phrast (in paraphrast n.), after periphrastic adj. Compare post-classical Latin periphrastes (c1100 in an apparently isolated attestation). A person who uses periphrasis. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > periphrasis or circumlocution > one who circumlocutionist1846 periphrast1886 1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. iii. 75 Edward Fitzgerald, the translator or periphrast of Omar Kayyam. 1926 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 41 760 Like the elegant periphrasts of the eighteenth century, he never calls a spade a spade. 1996 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Dec. vii. 4/4 There is scarcely a line in Pushkin's masterpiece that can be matched by the confections, however felicitous, of the periphrast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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