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periphrastic |
Overview of adj periphrastic The adj periphrastic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious -- (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)) Antonyms of adj periphrastic 1 sense of periphrastic Sense 1 circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious INDIRECT (VIA indirect) -> direct Similarity of adj periphrastic 1 sense of periphrastic Sense 1 circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious => indirect (vs. direct) Attributes of adj periphrastic Familiarity of adj periphrastic periphrastic used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj periphrastic periphrastic Overview of adj periphrastic The adj periphrastic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious -- (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))
periphrastic definition
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