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periphrastic

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1. a. Alt. of Periphrastical Source: opted
2. adj. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy Source: wordnet
3. 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. Source: webster
4. s roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; (`ambagious' is archaic) Source: ecdict

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conjugation roundabout unnecessarily wordy periphrase periphrastical alt ambagious archaic auxiliaries characterized circumlocutory expressed expressing formed gram necessary simple verb words

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peripherals peripheric peripherical peripheries

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