periphrasis
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Prince Bumpo, the heir to the throne, is a mooncalf who mistakes fairy tales for real life, speaks in Elizabethan periphrasis and murmurs to himself: “If only I were a white prince!”
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2020
Oddly, they all speak the same puckish periphrasis.
From Time Magazine Archive
This periphrasis so fascinated Charles W. Morton, now the associate editor of the Atlantic, that he began collecting examples of "Elongated Yellow Fruit" writing.
From Time Magazine Archive
His classical fancy, his elegant turn for periphrasis and his venomous sting alike made him the idol of that urbane age.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Dinner, otherwise a periphrasis for beans and dripping.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
The dates of certain papers complete the discreet periphrases of Bonnœil.
From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]
Sun and moon and so on are spoken of by their natural unmistakable names, or in equally unmistakable poetical periphrases, as in riddles.
From Modern Mythology by Lang, Andrew
Although the language is in parts ornate to a degree, the old periphrases are wholly excluded; and when simple things have to be said they are said with the utmost simplicity.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
In literature such “barbarisms” were avoided as far as possible, and were replaced by Greek periphrases.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
This confusion of Pagan and Christian mythology is increased by his habit of finding classical periphrases for the expression of religious ideas.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
Vocabulary lists containing periphrasis
Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - High School
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