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periphrastic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Periphrastic  \Per`i*phras"tic\,  Periphrastical 
  \Per`i*phras"tic*al\,  a.  [Gr.  ?:  cf  F.  p['e]riphrastique.] 
  Expressing,  or  expressed,  in  more  words  than  are  necessary; 
  characterized  by  periphrase;  circumlocutory. 
 
  {Periphrastic  conjugation}  (Gram.),  a  conjugation  formed  by 
  the  use  of  the  simple  verb  with  one  or  more  auxiliaries. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  periphrastic 
  adj  :  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)  [syn:  {circumlocutious}, 
  {circumlocutory},  {ambagious}] 




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