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Noun: periphrasis (periphrases)  pu'rif-ru-sis
  1. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
    "His periphrasis made the simple message unnecessarily complex";
    - circumlocution, ambage [archaic]

Derived forms: periphrases

Type of: verboseness, verbosity

Encyclopedia: Periphrasis