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Definition of "periphrastical" []

  • Alternative form of periphrastic. (adjective)

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Use "periphrastical" in a sentence
  • "“Yet once again,” said the Eastern sage, after the periphrastical manner of his countrymen, “supposing that I come not as a friend?”"
  • "` ` Yet once again, '' said the Eastern sage, after the periphrastical manner of his countrymen, ` ` supposing that I come not as"
  • "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. ""