plural of periphrase / plural of periphrasis

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of periphrase

(rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.

(transitive) To express by periphrase or circumlocution. / (intransitive) To use circumlocution.

present participle of periphrase

simple past tense and past participle of periphrase

Of or pertaining to periphrasis