Definizione monolingua

periphrastic

periphrastic (not comparable)

1. Expressed in more words than are necessary.
   • 1916, Martin Brown Ruud, An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway

     As poetry it does not measure up to Aasen; as translation it is periphrastic, arbitrary, not at all faithful.

2. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
   • 1870, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Vril: The Power of the Coming Race

     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. (grammar) Characterized by periphrase or circumlocution.

   “The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.

Definizione dizionario periphrastic

perifrastico

Altri significati:

(grammar) Characterized by periphrase or circumlocution.

expressed in more words than are necessary

Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.

grammar: characterized by periphrase or circumlocution

indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory

Expressed in more words than are necessary.