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periphrastic periphrastic definition

periphrastic


 
  Overview  of  adj  periphrastic 
 
  The  adj  periphrastic  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  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)) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  periphrastic 
 
  1  sense  of  periphrastic 
 
  Sense  1 
  circumlocutious,  circumlocutory,  periphrastic,  ambagious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  indirect)  ->  direct 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  periphrastic 
 
  1  sense  of  periphrastic 
 
  Sense  1 
  circumlocutious,  circumlocutory,  periphrastic,  ambagious 
  =>  indirect  (vs.  direct) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  periphrastic 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  periphrastic 
 
  periphrastic  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  periphrastic 
  periphrastic 
 
  Overview  of  adj  periphrastic 
 
  The  adj  periphrastic  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  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)) 



periphrastic definition