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periphrastic

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stik/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acehiipprrstStarts with PEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. 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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