periphrastic

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Expressed in more words than are necessary.

   “He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.”

2. sıfat Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.

   “In writing, they deem it irreverent to express the Supreme Being [and] in conversation they generally use a periphrastic epithet, such as the All-Good.”

3. sıfat Characterized by periphrasis.

   ““The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.”