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 peri·phras·tic /ˌpɛrəˈfræstɪk/
 (a.)委婉的,迂迴的,冗長的

 Per·i·phras·tic Per·i·phras·tic·al a.  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.
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 periphrastic
      adj : roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for
            circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than
            forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a
            worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the
            intolerable wrestle/ With words and
            meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic) [syn: circumlocutious,
             circumlocutory, ambagious]