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periphrastic:
- Wiktionary:
  periphrastic → perifrastisch, uitvoerig, omschrijvend
- Synonyms for "periphrastic":
  circumlocutious; circumlocutory; ambagious; indirect

English

Detailed Translations for periphrastic from English to Dutch

periphrastic:

Translation Matrix for periphrastic:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	ambagious; circumlocutious; circumlocutory

Synonyms for "periphrastic":

circumlocutious; circumlocutory; ambagious; indirect

Related Definitions for "periphrastic":

roundabout and unnecessarily wordy¹
- A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.¹

Wiktionary Translations for periphrastic:

periphrastic

adjective

expressed in more words than are necessary
- periphrastic → perifrastisch; uitvoerig; omschrijvend
indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory
- periphrastic → perifrastisch; uitvoerig; omschrijvend
grammar: characterized by periphrase or circumlocution
- periphrastic → perifrastisch; uitvoerig; omschrijvend

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