periphrastic

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stik/    美 /ˌpɛ.ɹəˈfɹæ.stɪk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Expressed in more words than are necessary. not-comparable
    — He wrote a periphrastic love letter to his wife to patch up their relationship.
  2. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory. not-comparable
    — 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. Characterized by periphrasis. not-comparable
    — “The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.

词形变化

periphrasic alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
nonperiphrastic periphrastically unperiphrastic
相关词
periphrase periphrasis periphrastic conjugation paraphrastic

词源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós), from περίφρασις (períphrasis, “periphrasis”).
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