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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•i•phras•tic (per′ə fras′tik),USA pronunciation adj. - circumlocutory;
roundabout. - Grammarnoting a construction of two or more words having the same syntactic function as an inflected word, as of Mr. Smith in the son of Mr. Smith, which is equivalent to Mr. Smith's in Mr. Smith's son.
- Greek periphrastikós, derivative of periphrázein to use periphrasis. See peri-, phrase, -tic
- 1795–1805
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