periphrasticaladj.

Brit.

/ˌpɛrᵻˈfrastᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌpɛrəˈfræstək(ə)l/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin periphrasticus , -al suffix¹; Greek περιϕραστικός , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin periphrasticus or medieval Greek περιϕραστικός periphrastic adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ical suffix. Compare earlier periphrastically adv. and later periphrastic adj.

Now rare.

= periphrastic adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory

ambagious?1532

periphrasticala1638

circumlatory1639

ambagical1652

ambitious1656

circumlocutory1659

roundabout1704

periphrastic1776

ambagitory1814

circumambagious1834

ambaginous1838

circumambulatory1842

circumlocutionary1863

circumlocutional1865

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 54 Periphrastical, but evident sense.

a1687 W. Petty Papers (1927) I. 85 The long periphrasticall expressions wil bee needlesse.

1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 291 The language is become too periphrastical.

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. ii. 288 When none of these ends can be answered by a periphrastical expression, it will inevitably be regarded as injuring the style by flattening it.

1819 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 348 He has given up something of his direct, simple manner, and plain phraseology, for a more studied, periphrastical mode of expression.

a1832 W. Scott Talisman in Waverley Novels (1855) IX. 638 ‘Yet once again,’ said the Eastern sage, after the periphrastical manner of his countrymen, ‘supposing that I come not as a friend?’

1987 Sunday Times 27 Sept. 65/2 Periphrastical comedy is part of the Stewart as well as the Innes style.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	periphrastical
释义	periphrasticaladj. Brit. /ˌpɛrᵻˈfrastᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈfræstək(ə)l/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin periphrasticus , -al suffix¹; Greek περιϕραστικός , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin periphrasticus or medieval Greek περιϕραστικός periphrastic adj. + -al suffix¹; compare -ical suffix. Compare earlier periphrastically adv. and later periphrastic adj. Now rare. = periphrastic adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > periphrastic or circumlocutory ambagious?1532 periphrasticala1638 circumlatory1639 ambagical1652 ambitious1656 circumlocutory1659 roundabout1704 periphrastic1776 ambagitory1814 circumambagious1834 ambaginous1838 circumambulatory1842 circumlocutionary1863 circumlocutional1865 a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 54 Periphrastical, but evident sense. a1687 W. Petty Papers (1927) I. 85 The long periphrasticall expressions wil bee needlesse. 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 291 The language is become too periphrastical. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. ii. 288 When none of these ends can be answered by a periphrastical expression, it will inevitably be regarded as injuring the style by flattening it. 1819 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 348 He has given up something of his direct, simple manner, and plain phraseology, for a more studied, periphrastical mode of expression. a1832 W. Scott Talisman in Waverley Novels (1855) IX. 638 ‘Yet once again,’ said the Eastern sage, after the periphrastical manner of his countrymen, ‘supposing that I come not as a friend?’ 1987 Sunday Times 27 Sept. 65/2 Periphrastical comedy is part of the Stewart as well as the Innes style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1638
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