the use of circumlocution or roundabout phrasing, e.g. I was of the opinion that instead of I thought that
periphrastic adj
[via Latin from Greek periphrasis, from periphrazein to express periphrastically, from peri- + phrazein to point out]
| 单词 | periphrasis |
| 释义 | periphrasis |
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