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periphrastic

/ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stik/

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Çeviriler

sıfat

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”.”