periphrastic
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per·i·phras·tic
(pĕr'ə-frăs'tĭk) 
adj.
adj.
- Having the nature of or characterized by periphrasis.
- Grammar. Constructed by using an auxiliary word rather than an inflected form; for example, of father is the periphrastic possessive case of father but father's is the inflected possessive case, and did say is the periphrastic past tense of say but said is the inflected past tense.
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periphrastic
adjective
- Using or containing an excessive number of words: diffuse, long-winded, pleonastic, prolix, redundant, verbose, wordy. See excess/insufficiency/enough, style/good style/bad style, words.
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categories related to 'periphrastic'
- Grammar and Usage - periphrastic: (adj) using two or more words instead of an inflected word to express a grammatical function
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