periphrasis

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• periphrasis — noun перифраз(а) Syn: see circumlocution …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

• Periphrasis — Pe*riph ra*sis, n.; pl. {Periphrases}. [L.] See {Periphrase}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• periphrasis — 1> перифраз(а) …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• periphrasis — periphrasis, Akk. in, Abl. ī, f. (περίφρασις), die Umschreibung (bei Quint. rein lat. circuitus eloquendi, circumlocutio gen.), Suet. gr. 4. Gell. 3, 1, 6 …   Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch

• Periphrasis — Periphrasis, griech., Periphrasie, Umschreibung; in der Rhetorik Figur, wobei man die Merkmale eines Gegenstandes anführt, ohne den Namen desselben zu nennen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

• periphrasis — index digression, indirection (indirect action) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Periphrasis — In linguistics, periphrasis is a device by which a grammatical category or relationship is expressed by a free morpheme (typically one or more function words modifying a content word), instead of being shown by inflection or derivation. For… …   Wikipedia

• periphrasis — pəˈrɪfrəsɪs сущ. перифраз(а) Syn : circumlocution перифраз(а) periphrasis (pl ses) перифраз(а) …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• periphrasis — noun (plural periphrases) Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from periphrazein to express periphrastically, from peri + phrazein to point out Date: 1533 1. use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression 2. an instance of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• periphrasis — /peuh rif reuh sis/, n., pl. periphrases / seez /. 1. the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution. 2. an expression phrased in such fashion. Also, periphrase /per euh frayz /. [1525 35; < L < Gk períphrasis.… …   Universalium