[pĕŕə-frăśtĭk]
(adj.)Having the nature of or characterized by periphrasis.
(adj.)Constructed by using an auxiliary word rather than an inflected form;…
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In linguistics, periphrasis (Gk. peri as a preposition means "around, about, beyond", the greek preposition is cognate with Skt. pari "around, about, through," ) is a device by which a grammatical c...
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periphrastic leader writer set against a reporter who speaks mostly in grunts and sighs."; Charles Spencer; Alphabetical Order, Hampstead Theatre; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Apr 22, 2009. [leader = editorial];
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Periphrastic: Having the nature of or characterized by periphrasis. ... as translation it is periphrastic, arbitrary, not at all faithful F The translations which we have thus far considered were mere fragments--brief soliloquies or a single sonnet, and they were done into a dialect which was not then and is not now...
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As poetry it does not measure up to Aasen; as translation it is periphrastic, arbitrary, not at all faithful. ... 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. ... periphrastic conjugation...
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The passive periphrastic is a Latin construction that expresses ought to or must.
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