Definisjon av periphrastic

Vi fant 4 definisjoner av periphrastic på engelsk.

WordNet

Adjective
periphrastic - 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)
		circumlocutious, circumlocutory, ambagious
		indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"

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Wiktionary

Adjektiv
periphrastic - Expressed in more words than are necessary.
periphrastic - Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
periphrastic - Characterized by periphrase or circumlocution.

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