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periphrastic

/ periphrastic /
adjective satellite

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adjective satellite Sense 1
"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 meaning"
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indirect
Semantic Complexity
22%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
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