Examples:
had
a
preference
for
circumlocutious
(or
circumlocutory)
rather
than
forthright
expression
A
periphrastic
study
in
a
worn-out
poetical
fashion,/
Leaving
one
still
with
the
intolerable
wrestle/
With
words
and
meanings.
periphrastic (English)
└── περίφρασις (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── περιφράζομαι (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
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