1. periphrastic - Adjective
2. periphrastic - Adjective Satellite
Alt. of Periphrastical
Source: Webster's dictionaryhad a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression Source: Internet
A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings. Source: Internet
Active The first periphrastic conjugation uses the future participle. Source: Internet
Ancient Greek made great use of participial constructions and of constructions involving the infinitive, and the modern variety lacks the infinitive entirely (instead having a raft of new periphrastic constructions) and uses participles more restrictedly. Source: Internet
In English main English, like some other languages, uses a periphrastic passive. Source: Internet
In the third person, the periphrastic form of vatükomok (he washes himself) must use the reflexive pronoun, vatükom oki, as vatükom omi would mean "he washes him (someone else)". Source: Internet