"Periphrased" is a word in ENGLISH
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I can speak of our baby like this to no one else. Who but his father would linger over the exact width of his gummy little smile or the blueness of his eyes, or the sweetness of his little lick of tawny hair on his forehead?
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The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a …
Read the complete definitionTo use circumlocution.
Read the complete definitionThe use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
Read the complete definitionTo express by periphrase or circumlocution.
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Read the complete definitionExpressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory.
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