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31Kontio — is a Finnish circumlocutory epithet for bear, similar to Otso. *It is the name of a Finnish icebreaker *It is the name of the most famous rubber boot model by Nokian Footwear *It is the name of a truck model KONTIO SISU *It is the productname for …
32Amanda McKittrick Ros — Born Anna Margaret McKittrick December 8, 1860(1860 12 08) Drumaness, County Down, Ireland Died February 2, 1939(1939 02 02) (aged 78) Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland …
33Faisalabad International Airport — فیصل آباد انٹرنیشنل ایئر پورٹ IATA: LYP – …
34Glossary of rhetorical terms — Rhetorical Theory is a subject rife with jargon and special terminology. This page explains commonly used rhetorical terms in alphabetical order. The brief definitions here are intended to serve as a quick reference rather than an in depth… …
35Thomas M'Crie the Elder — For his eldest son, of the same name, see Thomas M Crie the Younger.Thomas M Crie (November, 1772 August 5, 1835) was a Scottish historian, writer, and preacher born in the town of Dunse, Berwickshire in November 1772. He was the eldest of a… …
36Meital Dohan — Meital Dohan, 2007 Born August 24, 1979 (1979 08 24) (age 32) Ra anana, Israel Occupation …
37periphrastic — periphrastically, adv. /per euh fras tik/, adj. 1. circumlocutory; roundabout. 2. Gram. noting a construction of two or more words having the same syntactic function as an inflected word, as of Mr. Smith in the son of Mr. Smith, which is… …
38singer-songwriters — ▪ music Introduction professional troubadours performing autobiographical songs who ascended in the early 1970s to the forefront of commercial pop in the wake of the communal fervour of 1960s rock. For the baby boom generation that had… …
39circumlocution — noun /ˌsɜː(ɹ).kəm.ləˈkjuː.ʃn̩,sɹ̩kəmlowˈkjuʃn̩/ a) A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. b) A roundabout expression. See also euphemism Syn: beat around the bush, periphrasis …
40periphrastic — adjective /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stik,ˌpɛ.ɹəˈfɹæ.stɪk,ˌpɛ.ɹəˈfɹæ.stɪk/ a) Expressed in more words than are necessary. As poetry it does not measure up to Aasen; as translation it is periphrastic, arbitrary, not at all faithful. b) Indirect in naming an… …
