- periphrasis
[periphrasis 词源字典]
- periphrasis: see phrase
[periphrasis etymology, periphrasis origin, 英语词源] - periphrasis (n.)
- 1530s, from Latin periphrasis "circumlocution," from Greek periphrasis, from periphrazein "speak in a roundabout way," from peri- "round about" (see peri-) + phrazein "to express" (see phrase (n.)).