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Periphrase
//ˈpɛɹi.fɹeɪz//
"Periphrase" in a Sentence (2 examples)
1821, Thomas De Quincey, John Paul Frederick Richter (published in London Magazine To describe all those on whom the fates of Troy hinged , by enigmatic periphrases
He held up the condition of the Church in the terrible mirror of his unflinching speech, which called things by their right names and dealt in no polite periphrases[…]
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