Associations to the word «Periphrase»
Wiktionary
PERIPHRASE, noun. (rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
PERIPHRASE, verb. (transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
PERIPHRASE, verb. (intransitive) To use circumlocution.
Wise words
Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events,
not of words. Trust movement.