Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
periphrastic .
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- adjective Alternative form of
periphrastic .
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Examples
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“Yet once again,” said the Eastern sage, after the periphrastical manner of his countrymen, “supposing that I come not as a friend?”
The Talisman 2008
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` ` Yet once again, '' said the Eastern sage, after the periphrastical manner of his countrymen, ` ` supposing that I come not as
The Talisman 1894
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Moreover, there are not wanting in these poems instances of the term signore, or lord, applied to the beloved lady; which is one of the many periphrastical expressions used by the Romance poets to indicate their mistress. "
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti John Addington Symonds 1866
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