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periphrastic

/,pɛrə'fræstɪk/

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adjective
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
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"A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."

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ambagious circumlocutious circumlocutory indirect

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"A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."