periphrastic

  • 71periphrasis — pe|riph|ra|sis [pəˈrıfrəsıs] n plural periphrases [ si:z] [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: Greek, from periphrazein to express in a periphrastic way ] 1.) formal when someone uses long words or phrases that are not necessary 2.)… …

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  • 72περιφραστικόν — περιφραστικός periphrastic masc acc sg περιφραστικός periphrastic neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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  • 73HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …

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  • 74Circumlocutional — Cir cum*lo*cu tion*al, a. Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 75Circumlocutory — Cir cum*loc u*to*ry, a. Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone. [1913 Webster] The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers s Journal. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 76periphrastically — adverb see periphrastic …

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  • 77American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …

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  • 78Celtic languages — Infobox Language family name = Celtic region = Formerly widespread in Europe; today British Isles, Brittany, Patagonia and Nova Scotia familycolor = Indo European fam1 = Indo European child1 = Continental Celtic child2 = Insular Celtic… …

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  • 79Genitive case — In grammar, the genitive case or possessive case (also called the second case ) is the case that marks a noun as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun but it can also indicate various relationships… …

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  • 80Grammatical voice — In grammar, the voice (also called gender or diathesis) of a verb describes the relationship between the action (or state) that the verb expresses and the participants identified by its arguments (subject, object, etc.).When the subject is the… …

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