English-Finnish translations for periphrastic

• perifrastinen

Definition of periphrastic

• Expressed in more words than are necessary
• Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory
• Characterized by periphrasis

Examples

• “The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.

Related words

• periphrase
• periphrasis
• periphrastically