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periphrastic

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

    adj.all

    Examples
    A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.
    Synonyms ambagious circumlocutious circumlocutory

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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