periphrasticallyadv.

Brit.

/ˌpɛrᵻˈfrastᵻkli/, U.S.

/ˌpɛrəˈfræstək(ə)li/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin periphrasticus , -ally suffix; Greek περιϕραστικός , -ally suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin periphrasticus or medieval Greek περιϕραστικός periphrastic adj. + -ally suffix; compare -ically suffix. Compare later periphrastical adj.

In a periphrastic manner; by periphrasis.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > periphrastically

periphrastically?c1622

roundaboutly1851

roundaboutedly1868

?c1622 E. Bolton Hypercritica (1722) iii. ix. 242 The former Sort or Kind, Cicero calleth Perpetua & continentia scripta, & conjuncte contexta and the other he seems periphrastically to name, separata, sejuncta, and secreta à continentibus scriptis.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. 67 They may as well be expressed Periphrastically here as in all other Languages.

1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 17/2 They [sc. rats] are thus..periphrastically exhibited in his Poem..: ‘Nor with less waste the whisker'd vermin race A countless clan despoil the lowland cane’.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Nov. 10 It is impossible to translate the sentence except periphrastically.

1881 Appleton's Jrnl. Mar. 274 He periphrastically refers to woman as ‘the complicated sex’.

1908 Proc. Mod. Lang. Assoc. 23 431 Dyer..periphrastically mentions oysters as, ‘Neptunian Albion's high testaceous food’.

1992 Classical Q. New Ser. 42 406 Some thoughts need to be elaborated, or lingered over, or stated periphrastically.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	periphrastically
释义	periphrasticallyadv. Brit. /ˌpɛrᵻˈfrastᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈfræstək(ə)li/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin periphrasticus , -ally suffix; Greek περιϕραστικός , -ally suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin periphrasticus or medieval Greek περιϕραστικός periphrastic adj. + -ally suffix; compare -ically suffix. Compare later periphrastical adj. In a periphrastic manner; by periphrasis. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > periphrastically periphrastically?c1622 roundaboutly1851 roundaboutedly1868 ?c1622 E. Bolton Hypercritica (1722) iii. ix. 242 The former Sort or Kind, Cicero calleth Perpetua & continentia scripta, & conjuncte contexta and the other he seems periphrastically to name, separata, sejuncta, and secreta à continentibus scriptis. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. 67 They may as well be expressed Periphrastically here as in all other Languages. 1793 J. Boswell Principal Corrections Life Johnson 17/2 They [sc. rats] are thus..periphrastically exhibited in his Poem..: ‘Nor with less waste the whisker'd vermin race A countless clan despoil the lowland cane’. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Nov. 10 It is impossible to translate the sentence except periphrastically. 1881 Appleton's Jrnl. Mar. 274 He periphrastically refers to woman as ‘the complicated sex’. 1908 Proc. Mod. Lang. Assoc. 23 431 Dyer..periphrastically mentions oysters as, ‘Neptunian Albion's high testaceous food’. 1992 Classical Q. New Ser. 42 406 Some thoughts need to be elaborated, or lingered over, or stated periphrastically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.?c1622
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