 periphrastic |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] roundabout and unnecessarily wordy | |
| Synonyms: | circumlocutory ambagious circumlocutious | |
| Examples: | "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression" "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion"-T.S.Eliot (`ambagious' is archaic) |
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| Related terms: | indirect | |
| Similar spelling: |
periphrasis peripheral paraphrastic peripherally |
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