Periphrased vs Periphrase - What's the difference?
periphrased | periphrase |
(periphrase)
(rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
* (rfdate) De Quincey,
To express by or circumlocution.
To use circumlocution.
(rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
* (rfdate) De Quincey,
To express by or circumlocution.
To use circumlocution.
As verbs the difference between periphrased and periphrase
is that periphrased is past tense of periphrase while periphrase is to express by periphrase or circumlocution.As a noun periphrase is
the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.periphrased
English
Verb
(head)periphrase
English
Noun
(en noun)- To describe by enigmatic periphrases .
Synonyms
* periphrasisDerived terms
* periphrasicVerb
(en-verb)References
(Webster 1913)periphrase
English
Noun
(en noun)- To describe by enigmatic periphrases .