Periphrase

PER'IPHRASE, n. s as z. [Gr. about, and to speak.] Circumlocution; a circuit of words; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a figure of rhetoric employed to avoid a common and trite manner of expression.

PER'IPHRASE, v.t. To express by circumlocution.

PER'IPHRASE, v.i. To use circumlocution.