periphrasis
N การ พูดอ้อมค้อม คำ พูดอ้อมค้อม คำพูด วกวน diffuseness circumlocution kan-phud-aom-kom
PERIPHRASIS
[See Periphrase. ]
Pe *riph "ra *sis, n.; pl. Periphrases. Etym: [L.]
pe riph ra sis |pəˈrifrəsis pəˈrɪfrəsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. periphrases |-ˌsēz | ) the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing. • an indirect and circumlocutory phrase. • Grammar the use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to smarter. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from periphrazein, from peri- ‘around ’ + phrazein ‘declare. ’
periphrasis |pəˈrɪfrəsɪs | ▶noun ( pl. periphrases |-siːz | ) [ mass noun ] the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing. • [ count noun ] an indirect and circumlocutory phrase. • Grammar the use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, e.g. did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to cleverer. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from periphrazein, from peri- ‘around ’ + phrazein ‘declare ’.
pe riph ra sis /pərɪ́frəsɪs /名詞 複 -ses /-sìːz /U C 1 ｟時にけなして ｠遠回しの [回りくどい, 長たらしい ]言い方 [語句 ].2 〘文法 〙迂言 （うげん ）(語 )法 .
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