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Periphrastic
ˌpɛrɪˈfrastɪk
Periphrastic definitions
adjective
periphrastic
- (of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory
"the periphrastic nature of legal syntax"
circumlocutory circuitous roundabout indirect tautological prolix verbose wordy long-winded rambling wandering tortuous diffuse discursive- (of a case or tense) formed by a combination of words rather than by inflection (such as did go and of the people rather than went and the people's)