Synonyms for periphrastic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : per-uh-fras-tik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɛr əˈfræs tɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for periphrastic Other synonyms for the word periphrastic
Définition of periphrastic
Origin :- 1805, from French périphrastique and directly from Greek periphrastikos, from periphrazein (see periphrasis). Related: Periphrastical (1630s).
- adj wordy
- He might be described as the last of the periphrastic humorists.
- Extract from : « Old and New Masters » by Robert Lynd
- The periphrastic tenses are formed on the same principles as in Mth.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 » by Various
- Periphrastic epithets are part of the original and common stock of the Teutonic poetry.
- Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
- Using these as auxiliaries the finite verb makes a whole series of periphrastic tenses.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 » by Various
- In conversation they generally use a periphrastic epithet, such as the All-Good.
- Extract from : « The Coming Race » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- As poetry it does not measure up to Aasen; as translation it is periphrastic, arbitrary, not at all faithful.
- Extract from : « An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway » by Martin Brown Ruud
- When the present is found not to be distinctive enough, periphrastic forms come in.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 » by Various
- This tendency, together with periphrastic instead of verbal conjugation, continued to the end.
- Extract from : « Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt » by Lewis Spence
- In the provinces, where a periphrastic style is still cultivated, polemics are clothed in high-sounding phrases.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Coptic presents a remarkable contrast to Egyptian in the precision of its periphrastic conjugation.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 » by Various
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