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- adjectiveperiphrastic (adjective)
- (of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory:"the periphrastic nature of legal syntax"
- grammar(of a case or tense) formed by a combination of words rather than by inflection (such as did go and of the people rather than went and the people's).
Originlate 18th century: from medieval Latin periphrasticus or Greek periphrastikos, from periphrazein ‘declare in a roundabout way’.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective- (of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory:
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.periphrastic / ˌpɛrɪˈfræstɪk / adjective employing or involving periphrasis 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.www.dictionary.com/browse/periphrasticIn English grammar, a periphrastic construction (pronounced per-eh-FRAS-tik) is one in which an independent word or multi-word expression has the same role as an inflection, such as the use of the auxiliary will with another verb to form the future tense. Periphrasis in the grammatical sense is a back-formation from the adjective periphrastic.www.thoughtco.com/periphrastic-grammar-1691610
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