Category:Periphrastic

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.