LekhoriLekhoriExpressed in more words than are necessary.
He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.
Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
In writing, they deem it irreverent to express the Supreme Being [and] in conversation they generally use a periphrastic epithet, such as the All-Good.
Characterized by periphrasis.
“The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.
Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós), from περίφρασις (períphrasis, “periphrasis”).
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