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periphrastic - Meaning in Malayalam

Malayalam: പേരഫ്രൈസ്ടിക

periphrastic - Meaning in Malayalam

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Definitions and Meaning of periphrastic in English

periphrastic adjective

  1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

    Synonyms

    ambagious, circumlocutious, circumlocutory

    Examples

    • "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."
    • "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"

Synonyms of periphrastic

Description

In linguistics and literature, periphrasis is the use of a larger number of words, with an implicit comparison to the possibility of using fewer. The comparison may be within a language or between languages. For example, "more happy" is periphrastic in comparison to "happier," and English "I will eat" is periphrastic in comparison to Spanish "comeré."

Also see "Periphrasis" on Wikipedia

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noun 

periphrastic causativeപെറിപ്രാസിസ് കാരണവർ

What is periphrastic meaning in Malayalam?

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