periphrase
noun
Roget 566:
phrase,
expression,
set phrase;
sentence,
paragraph;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
idiom,
idiotism†;
turn of expression;
style.
paraphrase
etc.
(synonym)
522;
periphrase
etc.
(circumlocution)
573;
motto
etc.
(proverb)
496†.
phraseology
etc.
569.
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Roget 573:
diffuseness
etc.
adj.;
amplification
etc.
v.;
dilating
etc.
v.;
verbosity,
verbiage,
cloud of words,
copia verborum [Lat.];
flow of words
etc.
(loquacity)
584;
looseness.
Polylogy†,
tautology,
battology†,
perissology†;
pleonasm,
exuberance,
redundancy;
thrice-told tale;
prolixity;
circumlocution,
ambages†;
periphrase†,
periphrasis;
roundabout phrases;
episode;
expletive;
pennya-lining;
richness
etc.
577.
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