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periphrastic
adjective
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
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ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈfɹæ.stik
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adjective
roundabout and unnecessarily wordy
“had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression”
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had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression
{'source': 'T.S.Eliot', 'text': 'A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion, / Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle / With words and meanings.'}
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