Periphrastic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having the nature of or characterized by periphrasis.
  • adj. Grammar Constructed by using an auxiliary word rather than an inflected form; for example, of father is the periphrastic possessive case of father but father's is the inflected possessive case, and did say is the periphrastic past tense of say but said is the inflected past tense.
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  • adj. Expressed in more words than are necessary.
  • adj. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
  • adj. Characterized by periphrase or circumlocution.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the character of or characterized by periphrasis; circumlocutory; expressing or expressed in more words than are necessary.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
    • Equivalent
    indirect    periphrastical   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    circumlocutory    circumlocutor   
    Same Context
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