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Definitions
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
Word origin
Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós), from περίφρασις (períphrasis, “periphrasis”).
Used in a sentence
“He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.”
“She was simply asked to express how she felt, but her response was periphrastic.”
“As poetry it does not measure up to Aasen; as translation it is periphrastic, arbitrary, not at all faithful.”
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