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periphrasis(dictionary)
PERIPHRASIS(law)

kaleidoscope (oh) and periphrasis (iou)


kaleidoscope (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Greek; Origin: kalos 'beautiful' + eidos 'form' + English -scope (as in telescope)]
a pattern, situation, or scene that is always changing and has many details or bright colours
kaleidoscope of
::a kaleidoscope of cultures
a tube with mirrors and pieces of coloured glass at one end, which shows coloured patterns when you turn it

periphrasis (iou)



periphrasis noun. . M16.
[Latin from Greek, from periphrazein, formed as PERI- + phrazein declare.]
The figure of speech which consists in expressing a meaning by many or several words instead of by few or one; a roundabout way of speaking or Writing; (a) circumlocution.