Periphrasis

имя существительное [множественное число] periphrases перифраз(а) Синоним(ы): circumlocution

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Periphrasis

noun (plural periphrases) Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from periphrazein to express periphrastically, from peri- + phrazein to point out 1. use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression 2. an instance of periphrasis

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