periphrase

Etymology
From from, from , from  +. See.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: paraphrase (if the second vowel is pronounced as a schwa, as it sometimes is)
 * Homophones: paraphrase (if the second vowel is pronounced as a schwa, as it sometimes is)

Noun

 * 1)  The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
 * 2) * 1821,, John Paul Frederick Richter (published in London Magazine
 * To describe all those on whom the fates of Troy hinged, by enigmatic periphrases

Verb

 * 1)  To express by periphrase or circumlocution.
 * 2)  To use circumlocution.