periphrastic
Meaning of periphrastic
adjective
- Expressed in more words than are necessary.
- Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
- (grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.
“The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.
Information about periphrastic
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of periphrastic
pe-riphrastic
- It consists of 2 syllables and 12 chars.
- periphrastic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
periphrastic synonyms
Meaning circumlocutious:
circumlocutious, circumlocutory, ambagious
Words that rhyme with periphrastic
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