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- adj. 1. Having the nature of or characterized by periphrasis.
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expressed in two or more words rather than by an inflected form of one: used esp of a tense of a verb where the alternative element is an auxiliary verb. For example, He does go and He will go involve periphrastic tenses. Discover More.
The meaning of PERIPHRASTIC is of, relating to, or characterized by periphrasis. How to use periphrastic in a sentence.
periphrastic in British English. (ˌpɛrɪˈfræstɪk ) or periphrastical (ˌpɛrɪˈfræstɪkəl ) adjective. 1. employing or involving periphrasis. 2. expressed in two or more words rather than by an inflected form of one: used esp of a tense of a verb where the alternative element is an auxiliary verb.
We compare periphrastic (analytic, multiword) constructions with the synthetic (morphological) inflection of verbs, nouns, and adjectives.
In linguistics and literature, periphrasis ( ⫽ pəˈrɪfrəsɪs ⫽) [1] is the use of a larger number of words, with an implicit comparison to the possibility of using fewer. The comparison may be within a language or between languages.
Periphrastic writing is unnecessarily convoluted, confusing, and wordy. It’s like it wants to confuse you. A periphrastic instruction manual can make it nearly impossible to figure out how your new TV works.
periphrastic. (specialist) using or connected with periphrasis (= an indirect way of speaking or writing) (grammar) using separate words to express a grammatical relationship, instead of verb endings, etc. Definition of periphrastic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
