periphrastic

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adjective

Comparative

periphrasic

1.
(not comparable)Expressed in more words than are necessary.
He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.
She was simply asked to express how she felt, but her response was periphrastic.
2.
(not comparable)Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
3.
(not comparable)(grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.
“The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.

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nonperiphrasticperiphrastically unperiphrastic periphrase periphrasisperiphrastic conjugationparaphrastic

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός, from περίφρασις (periphrasis).