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periphrastic - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'periphrastic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Periphrastic [ a.]
- Alt. of Periphrastical

Meaning of 'periphrastic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . periphrastic [ s]
Meaning (1):
- roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
Example in sentence:
  • A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.;
  • had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression