periphrase
Example Sentences
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In writing of his version of the Odyssey to Ellis, Morris said: ‘My translation is a real one so far, not a mere periphrase of the original as all the others are.’
From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Chauncey Brewster Tinker
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
Yet it is difficult to conceive why Sallust should have used such a periphrase for centuriones.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by John Selby Watson
So far as consistent with due precision, popular terms have been used in description, but not when such usage involved tedious periphrase.
From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Lorin Low Dame
