periphrase
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Then, mindful of the presence of the children, she proceeded by means of graceful periphrase and carefully studied generalizations to a presentation of Medora's mental and spiritual attributes.
From Under the Skylights by Henry Blake Fuller
The sun, which Dubartas, that classic ancestor of periphrase, had not yet dubbed the "Grand-duke of Candles," was none the less radiant and joyous on that account.
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Isabel Florence Hapgood
Yes; it was the usual periphrase of these vulgar people.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
But her further questioning was met with a frank, amiable, and simple brevity that was as puzzling as the most artful periphrase of tact.
From By Shore and Sedge by Bret Harte
It is to be noted that the age of periphrase in verse was the age of crudities in prose.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
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