Logo The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only Allow stemming Match all embedded
English-Thai Dictionary

periphrase

N พูดอ้อมค้อม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERIPHRASE

n.s as z. [Gr. about, and to speak. ] Circumlocution; a circuit of words; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a figure of rhetoric employed to avoid a common and trite manner of expression.

 

PERIPHRASE

v.t.To express by circumlocution.

 

PERIPHRASE

v.i.To use circumlocution.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERIPHRASE

Per "i *phrase, n. Etym: [L. periphrasis, Gr. périphrase. See Phrase. ](Rhet.)

 

Defn: The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution. "To describe by enigmatic periphrases." De Quincey.

 

PERIPHRASE

Per "i *phrase, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Periphrased; p. pr. & vb. n.Periphrasing.] Etym: [Cf. F. périphraser.]

 

Defn: To express by periphrase or circumlocution.

 

PERIPHRASE

PERIPHRASE Per "i *phrase, v. i.

 

Defn: To use circumlocution.

 

Duden Dictionary

Periphrase

Pe ri phra se Substantiv, feminin Rhetorik , die |Periphr a se |lateinisch periphrasis < griechisch períphrasis, zu: perí = um herum und phrásis = das Sprechen; Ausdruck Umschreibung eines Begriffs durch eine kennzeichnende Eigenschaft

 

French Dictionary

périphrase

périphrase n. f. nom féminin Explication d ’une notion à l ’aide de plusieurs mots. : « Le moment le soleil va se lever » pour « l ’aurore » est une périphrase. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom paraphrase, commentaire explicatif long et inutile.