periphrasis
pe-riph-ra-sis
noun
An indirect way of speaking or writing using more words than necessary.
"His essay suffered from excessive periphrasis."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: circumlocution, ambage
pe-riph-ra-sis
An indirect way of speaking or writing using more words than necessary.
"His essay suffered from excessive periphrasis."
Synonyms: circumlocution, ambage