'Periphrasis' definitions:
Definition of 'periphrasis'
(from WordNet)
noun
A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things [syn: circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage]
Definition of 'Periphrasis'
From: GCIDE
- Periphrasis \Pe*riph"ra*sis\, n.; pl. Periphrases. [L.] See Periphrase. [1913 Webster] Periphrastic