Submitted by György Chityil ... on Fri, 01/19/2018 - 20:25 Hierarchy: NounDescription: {{rhetoric}} The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a species of circumlocution)Ngram: periphrasisNgram Text: periphrasisSource: WiktionaryIssue: 0Wiktionary tag: rhetoricNgram Count: 1
