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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 periphrase
 (v.)轉彎抹角地說

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Per·i·phrase n.  Rhet. 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.”

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Per·i·phrase, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Periphrased p. pr. & vb. n. Periphrasing.]  To express by periphrase or circumlocution.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Per·i·phrase, v. i. To use circumlocution.
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