Associations to the word «Periphrastic»
Noun
- Tense
- Auxiliary
- Verb
- Perfect
- Predicate
- Pronoun
- Adjective
- Paradigm
- Aux
- Suffix
- Construction
- Progressive
- Sim
- Morphology
- Equivalent
- Noun
- Future
- Past
- Clause
- Phrase
- Mood
- Form
- Usage
- Aspect
- Formation
- Stem
- Distinction
- Language
- Combination
- Expression
- Sing
- Meaning
- Gender
- Present
- Word
- Use
- Person
- Function
- Example
- Subject
- Or
- Variety
- Pattern
- Structure
- Voice
- Addition
- Sense
- Influence
- Question
- Range
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- Object
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Adjective
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Wiktionary
PERIPHRASTIC, adjective. Expressed in more words than are necessary.
PERIPHRASTIC, adjective. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
PERIPHRASTIC, adjective. (grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.
PERIPHRASTIC CONJUGATION, noun. (grammar) conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries
PERIPHRASTIC CONJUGATIONS, noun. Plural of periphrastic conjugation
Dictionary definition
PERIPHRASTIC, adjective. 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).
Wise words
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite
surprised to be taken at his word.