periphrastic
11periphrastic conjugation — noun conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries The active periphrastic conjugation in Latin is formed by using the future active participle and the appropriate form of esse …
12periphrastic — periphrastically, adv. /per euh fras tik/, adj. 1. circumlocutory; roundabout. 2. Gram. noting a construction of two or more words having the same syntactic function as an inflected word, as of Mr. Smith in the son of Mr. Smith, which is… …
13periphrastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. equivocal, roundabout, circumlocutory; see obscure 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Using or containing an excessive number of words: diffuse, long winded, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, verbose, wordy. See… …
14periphrastic — per·i·phras·tic || ‚perɪ fræstɪk adj. of indirect speech, of circumlocution …
15periphrastic — Using many words when few would do; verbose; round about; circumlocutory. An attribute ascribed to some of the worst art writing. Also see art criticism and art history …
16periphrastic — a.; (also periphrastical) Circumlocutory, roundabout, indirect, going round …
17periphrastic — adj circumlocutory, pleonastic, tautological, redundant; verbose, wordy, prolix, profuse, diffuse, long winded, longiloquent; repetitive, tedious, battological; digressive, discursive, excursive, circuitous, roundabout, ambagious, indirect,… …
18periphrastic — peri·phras·tic …
19periphrastic — See: periphrasis …
20periphrastic — per•i•phras•tic [[t]ˌpɛr əˈfræs tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) circumlocutory; roundabout 2) gram. expressed by or using grammatical periphrasis, as the construction more friendly rather than friendlier[/ex] • Etymology: 1795–1805; < Gk periphrastikós, der …
