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periphrastic   (TTS Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 ˏpєrәˋfræstIk 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˏperiˊfræstik 〕


Overview of adj periphrastic

The adj periphrastic has 1 sense


  • circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious -- (roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic))