Antonyms for periphrasis


Grammar : Noun
Spell : puh-rif-ruh-sis
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈrɪf rə sɪs


Definition of periphrasis

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin periphrasis "circumlocution," from Greek periphrasis, from periphrazein "speak in a roundabout way," from peri- "round about" (see peri-) + phrazein "to express" (see phrase (n.)).
  • As in verbiage : noun repetition, wordiness
  • As in redundancy : noun repetition
  • As in wordiness : noun excessive in language
  • As in circumlocution : noun indirect speech
Example sentences :
  • By this periphrasis Waverley readily apprehended his portmanteau was intended.
  • Extract from : « Waverley » by Sir Walter Scott
  • As a periphrasis, the combination in other words is subdisjunctive.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • The periphrasis is a metaphor, and thus has the same life-span as a metaphor.
  • Extract from : « Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas » by Remy de Gourmont
  • As a periphrasis the combination in other words is subdisjunctive.
  • Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • "Prop of sea-waves' fire," a periphrasis for a woman that bears gold on her arm.
  • Extract from : « The story of Burnt Njal » by Anonymous
  • "He that hoardeth ocean's fire," a periphrasis for man, Hauskuld of Whiteness.
  • Extract from : « The story of Burnt Njal » by Anonymous
  • He used antithesis, periphrasis, and climax with great skill.
  • Extract from : « From Chaucer to Tennyson » by Henry A. Beers
  • If the sense demanded the use of such a word, a periphrasis of 'noble' words must be employed instead.
  • Extract from : « Landmarks in French Literature » by G. Lytton Strachey
  • Be it remarked that this periphrasis indicated his mother; and that the bread he alluded to is made with a species of leaven.
  • Extract from : « Cedar Creek » by Elizabeth Hely Walshe
  • The greatest is the making the very dispensation objected to, the periphrasis of his title.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Alexander Pope

Synonyms for periphrasis

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