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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερίφρασις
- English todayperiphrasis
From Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπερίφρασις all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
periphrasis
Today it means: The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will". Full definition →
Ancient Greek περίφρασις