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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπεριφραστικός
- English todayperiphrastic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós), from περίφρασις (períphrasis, “periphrasis”).
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periphrastic
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Ancient Greek περιφραστικός