PERIPHRASE

Definitions: PERIPHRASE

PERIPHRASE

Intransitive verb

1. To use circumlocution.

Noun

1. The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.

Transitive verb

1. To express by periphrase or circumlocution.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: PERIPHRASE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Diffuseness	Polylogy, tautology, battology, perissology; pleonasm, exuberance, redundancy; thrice-told tale; prolixity; circumlocution, ambages; periphrase, periphrasis; roundabout phrases; episode; expletive; pennya-lining; richness.
Phrase	Paraphrase; (synonym); periphrase; (circumlocution) motto; (proverb).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: PERIPHRASE

Modern Translations: PERIPHRASE

Language		Translations for "PERIPHRASE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		περίφραση (circumlocution, periphrasis), ομιλώ περιφραστικώσ. (various references)

Manx		ym-loayrt. (various references)

Pig Latin		eriphrasepay

Spanish		perifrasear. (various references)

Ukranian		перифразовувати, перифраза (periphrasis). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations: PERIPHRASE

Anagrams: PERIPHRASE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-p-p-r-r-s"
	-2 letters: appriser, paperers, perspire, pharisee, prepares, preshape, repapers, rephrase, reshaper, sapphire, spherier.
	-3 letters: aperies, apprise, aspirer, happier, harpers, harpies, harries, hearers, herries, paperer, parries, perhaps, perries, praiser, prepare, prisere, rapiers, rappees, rappers, raspier, reapers, rehears, rehires, repairs, repaper, reprise, reraise, reshape, respire, rippers, ripraps, sappier, sharper, sharpie, shearer, shipper, spearer.
	-4 letters: aerier, aeries, airers.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-i-p-p-r-r-s"
	+1 letter: epigraphers, peripherals, periphrases.
	+3 letters: hyperparasite, hyperpyrexias, petrographies, reprographies.
	+4 letters: hypermetropias, hyperparasites, hyperpolarizes, whippersnapper.
	+5 letters: parthenocarpies, spectrographies, whippersnappers.
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Alternative Orthography: PERIPHRASE

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 45 52 49 50 48 52 41 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--. . .-. .. .--. .... .-. .- ... .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000101 01010010 01001001 01010000 01001000 01010010 01000001 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#69 &#82 &#73 &#80 &#72 &#82 &#65 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0045 0052 0049 0050 0048 0052 0041 0053 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Die Periphrase der Nomina propria bei Vergil (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

PERIPHRASE

Definitions: PERIPHRASE

PERIPHRASE

Intransitive verb

Noun

Transitive verb

Synonyms within Context: PERIPHRASE

Diffuseness

Phrase

Crosswords: PERIPHRASE

Commercial Usage: PERIPHRASE

Books

Modern Translations: PERIPHRASE

Greek

Manx

Pig Latin

Spanish

Ukranian

Derivations: PERIPHRASE

Derivations

Anagrams: PERIPHRASE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: PERIPHRASE

50 45 52 49 50 48 52 41 53 45

.--. . .-. .. .--. .... .-. .- ... .

01010000 01000101 01010010 01001001 01010000 01001000 01010010 01000001 01010011 01000101

&#80 &#69 &#82 &#73 &#80 &#72 &#82 &#65 &#83 &#69

0050 0045 0052 0049 0050 0048 0052 0041 0053 0045

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INDEX

Derivations
	Words beginning with "PERIPHRASE": periphrases. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).