Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Periphrasis
peripheryperish (-ed, -es, -ing)
periphrasis, n. [L. < Gk περί-, round about + φρἁζειν, declare.]
Euphemism; circumlocution; circuit; circuitous expression; roundabout way of speaking; indirect reference to a sensitive topic or unpleasant fact; rhetorical figure using many words in place of a single term.
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