English-Thai Dictionary

periphrastic

ADJ อ้อมค้อม  ไม่ ตรงไปตรงมา  circumlocutory indirect roundabout circumlocutory aom-kom

 

periphrastically

ADV อย่าง อ้อมค้อม  indirectly yang-aom-kom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERIPHRASTIC, PERIPHRASTICAL

a.Circumlocutory; expressing or expressed in more words than are necessary; expressing the sense of one word in many.

 

PERIPHRASTICALLY

adv. With circumlocution.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERIPHRASTIC; PERIPHRASTICAL

Per `i *phras "tic, Per `i *phras "tic *al, a. Etym: [Gr. périphrastique.]

 

Defn: Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory. Periphrastic conjugation (Gram. ), a conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries.

 

PERIPHRASTICALLY

PERIPHRASTICALLY Per `i *phras "tic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: With circumlocution.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

periphrastic

per i phras tic |ˌperəˈfrastik ˈˌpɛrəˈfræstɪk | ▶adjective (of speech or writing ) indirect and circumlocutory: the periphrastic nature of legal syntax. • Grammar (of a case or tense ) formed by a combination of words rather than by inflection (such as did go and of the people rather than went and the people's ). DERIVATIVES per i phras ti cal ly |-(ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek periphrastikos, from periphrazein ‘declare in a roundabout way. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

periphrastic

periphrastic |ˌpɛrɪˈfrastɪk | ▶adjective (of speech or writing ) indirect and circumlocutory: the periphrastic nature of legal syntax. • Grammar (of a case or tense ) formed by a combination of words rather than by inflection (such as did go and of the people rather than went and the people's ). DERIVATIVES periphrastically adverb ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek periphrastikos, from periphrazein ‘declare in a roundabout way ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

periphrastic

periphrastic adjective the periphrastic nature of legal syntax: circumlocutory, circuitous, roundabout, indirect, tautological, pleonastic, prolix, verbose, wordy, long-winded, rambling, wandering, tortuous, diffuse. WORD NOTE periphrastic A friend used to collect what he called middle-class circumlocutions —unnecessarily elongated phrases that English suburban bores once liked to employ to give them a friendlier, breezier tone than that for which they were normally known. So instead of asking for beer in the pub — A pint of the amber fluid, my man! Instead of calling for the bill —What's the damage, old boy? . Rather than referring to my wife —please meet the little woman, or my better half. May I smoke in your house? Of course, dear fellow — it's Liberty Hall here. And this being Britain there were many self-deprecating versions of the form: of a brand-new car parked proudly on the gravel at the golf club — Oh yes, not a bad little bus, gets you from A to B. The term circumlocution for such a roundabout construction is a fair choice, of course; but technically the term in grammar is periphrasis (which merely derives from the Greek, while circumlocution is from the Latin ), and periphrastic, so pleasantly complicated-sounding a word, is the adjective. It is vaguely similar in its sound, of course, to paraphrase —and since that word means "to expand in order to make clear, " while periphrase in essence means "to expand in order to make slightly ridiculous, " the close similarity in both sound and sense will serve to ensure that both uses are carefully chosen. Or so one hopes. — SW Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

periphrastic

periphrastic adjective the periphrastic nature of legal syntax: circumlocutory, circuitous, roundabout, indirect, tautological, prolix, verbose, wordy, long-winded, rambling, wandering, tortuous, diffuse, discursive; rare pleonastic, circumlocutionary, ambagious.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

periphrastic

per i phras tic /pèrɪfrǽstɪk /形容詞 遠回しの ; 〘文法 〙迂言 （うげん ）的な .