Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Periphrasis \Pe*riph"ra*sis\, n.; pl. {Periphrases}. [L.]
   See {Periphrase}.

Source : WordNet®

periphrasis
     n : a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
         [syn: {circumlocution}, {ambage}]
     [also: {periphrases} (pl)]