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Periphrasis - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Periphrasis : (noun)
1: a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
[syn: circumlocution, ambage]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Periphrasis : \Pe*riph"ra*sis\, n.; pl. Periphrases. [L.]
See Periphrase.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PERIPHRASIS. Circumlocution; the use of other words to express the sense of
one.
2. Some words are so technical in their meaning that in charging
offences in indictments they must be used or the indictment will not be
sustained; for example, an indictment for treason must contain the word
traitorously; (q.v.) an indictment for burglary, burglariously; ( q.v.) and
feloniously (q.v.) must be introduced into every indictment for felony. 1
Chitty's Cr. Law, 242; 3 Inst. 15; Carth. 319; 2 Hale, P. C. 172; 184;, 4
Bl. Com. 307; Hawk B. 2, c. 25, s. 55; 1 East P. C. 115; Bac. Ab.
Indictment, G 1; Com. ]Dig. Indictment, G 6 Cro. C. C. 37.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Periphrasis |
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Claptomaan: Asyndeton, polysyndeton, praeteritio, erótema, Periphrasis, anaphora, synécdoche! Kicking ass!! |
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dinglesurf: @icedcoffee Dude I think you accidentally used the wrong Periphrasis. |
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preguiceiro: I find funny the way polscientists have to use Periphrasis to be taken seriously. "Manipulation" ~= "strategic distortions" |
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