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1. (adj.) periphrastic
circumlocutory; roundabout.
2. periphrastic
expressed by or using grammatical periphrasis, as the construction more friendly rather than
friendlier.
Etymology: (1795–1805; < Gk periphrastikós, der. of periphrázein to use periphrasis)
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1. (adj) circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
"had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) periphrastic
alt. of Periphrastical
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