"Periphrasis" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Circumlocution; use of many words to express the sense of one
See Periphrase.
We still and always want waking. We should amass half dressed in long lines like tribesmen and shake gourds at each other, to wake up; instead we watch television and miss the show.
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So this trumpet player dies. When he reaches is everlasting reward, the guy in the robe says, "You're going to spend eternity with this combo, okay? There's a bass player named 'Mingus' and a pianist named 'Monk', and any day now we expect this 'Blakey' guy to show up with his drums."Wow!" the guy says, "I never imagined heaven would be this good."The man in the robe says, "This is hell, not heaven. There's a girl singer."
The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a …
Read the complete definitionpasábud - To revolve or turn round, especially in dancing, to pirouette. Pasábud kamó. Spin around. Turn around in circles. …
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 use circumlocution.
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