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单词 periphrastical
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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.
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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).
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