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periphrasis
noun
[ pəˈrɪfrəsɪs ]
• the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing.
Origin:
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek, from periphrazein, from peri- ‘around’ + phrazein ‘declare’.
