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Meaning of periphrastic

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

periphrastic

Pronunciation:/ˌpɛ.ɹəˈfɹæ.stɪk//ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stik/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Expressed in more words than are necessary.

  2. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.

  3. (grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.

    Example: “The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/periphrastic

Related words

circumlocutorycircumlocutiousindirectambagiouscausativeoverexplicitexpletivehyperexplicit