periphrasis

Prince Bumpo, the heir to the throne, is a mooncalf who mistakes fairy tales for real life, speaks in Elizabethan periphrasis and murmurs to himself: “If only I were a white prince!”

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2020

Oddly, they all speak the same puckish periphrasis.

From Time Magazine Archive

This periphrasis so fascinated Charles W. Morton, now the associate editor of the Atlantic, that he began collecting examples of "Elongated Yellow Fruit" writing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Louie smiled at the periphrasis, and then considered.

From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

But in Puritan America there is an additional problem, which I can hardly explain without a periphrasis.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

The dates of certain papers complete the discreet periphrases of Bonnœil.

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]

In literature such “barbarisms” were avoided as far as possible, and were replaced by Greek periphrases.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

The only person who ventured to enter his room was Don Rosendo, who talked to him in a kind and dignified style, adorned with periphrases and florid periods befitting his character as a writer.

From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

Sun and moon and so on are spoken of by their natural unmistakable names, or in equally unmistakable poetical periphrases, as in riddles. 

From Modern Mythology by Lang, Andrew

Robertson was, perhaps, the first man to adapt the polished periphrases of the pulpit to historical generalization.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various