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   Periphrasis
   In linguistics, periphrasis is a device by which a grammatical category or grammatical relationship is expressed by a free morpheme (typically one or more function words modifying a content word), instead of being shown by inflection or derivation. For example, the English future tense is periphras...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periphrasis
   
   
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   Periphrasis
   Circumlocution (or roundabout speaking) employed for poetic effect. See kenning.
   Found op http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm
   
   
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   Periphrasis
   Pe·riph'ra·sis noun ; plural Periphrases . [ Latin ] See Periphrase .
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/57
   
   
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   Periphrasis
   • (n.) See Periphrase.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/periphrasis/
   
   
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   periphrasis
   the use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression; a roundabout or indirect manner of writing or speaking. In literature ... [1 related articles]
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/45
   
   
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   periphrasis
   periphrasis (s), periphrases (pl) 1. The use of circumlocution. 2. The use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution. 3. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
   Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1610/13
   
   
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   periphrasis
   using a wordy phrase to describe something for which one term exists.
   Found op http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic
   
   
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   periphrasis
   Something in literature which could be expressed in simple words is written in a complicated or awkward way.
   Found op http://www.menrath-online.de/glossaryengl.html
   
   
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   Periphrasis
   [figure of speech] Animals that were born in 1911. ...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periphrasis_(figure_of_speech)
   
   
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    periphrasis
    1) Ambage 2) Circumlocution 3) Verboseness 4) Verbosity
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/periphrasis/1
    
    

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