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What is the singular of periphrases?

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The singular form of periphrases is periphrasis.

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The periphrasis is a metaphor, and thus has the same life-span as a metaphor.
In order to refer to that activity, it is necessary to engage in circumlocution or periphrasis.
In order to refer to the activity denoted by the F-word, it is necessary to engage in circumlocution or periphrasis.
If the sense demanded the use of such a word, a periphrasis of 'noble' words must be employed instead.
By this periphrasis Waverley readily apprehended his portmanteau was intended.
Mr. Hardie did not at first see the exact purport of this oleaginous periphrasis.

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